Where does “sokkopeli” come from?

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

sokkopeli (Finnish): blindfold game

Definitions

  1. blindfold game

Ancestry of “sokkopeli”, step by step

sokkopeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish peli

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

via Finnish sokko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsokkoblind man's buff; blindman; Someone who is...
2Russianщека́cheek
3Proto-Slavic*ščekacheek
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →