Where does “sopupeli” come from?
sopupeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish sopu, from Finnish sopia, from Proto-Finnic sopidak, from Proto-Finnic sopa, from Proto-Uralic śopa — clothing.
sopupeli (Finnish): fixed match
Ancestry of “sopupeli”, step by step
sopupeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sopu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sopu | harmony, concord, agreement |
| 2 | Finnish | sopia | to fit; to suit, to be suitable; to comport with,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | sopidak | to fit; to suit, to be suitable |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | sopa | garment, piece of clothing; clothes |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | śopa | clothing |
via Finnish peli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | peli | game; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | spel | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | spil | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | spil | dance; game, exercise |
Words derived from “sopupeli”