Where does “taitopeli” come from?
taitopeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish Taito, from Finnish taito, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
taitopeli (Finnish): game of skill
Ancestry of “taitopeli”, step by step
taitopeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Taito
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Taito | skill capacity to do something well, particularly one that is acquired or learned |
| 2 | Finnish | taito | skill; art |
| 3 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
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 |