Where does “sotapeli” come from?

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

sotapeli (Finnish): A war game game that simulates or represents a military operation

Definitions

  1. A war game game that simulates or represents a military operation

Ancestry of “sotapeli”, step by step

sotapeli 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 sota

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsotawar; warfare; military, war-
2Proto-Finnicsotawar, conflict
3Proto-Uralicśoďawar
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →