Where does “sisäpelikenkä” come from?

sisäpelikenkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish sisäpeli, from Finnish peli, from Middle Low German spel, from Old Saxon spil, from Proto-West Germanic spil — dance; game, exercise.

sisäpelikenkä (Finnish): indoor sneaker, indoor sports shoe

Definitions

  1. indoor sneaker, indoor sports shoe

Ancestry of “sisäpelikenkä”, step by step

sisäpelikenkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sisäpeli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsisäpeliindoor sport
2Finnishpeligame; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,...
3Middle Low Germanspel—
4Old Saxonspil—
5Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise

via Finnish kenkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenkäshoe; boot; boot; in the idiomatic expression...
2Proto-Finnickenkäshoe
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →