Where does “taustapeli” come from?
taustapeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish peli, from Middle Low German spel, from Old Saxon spil, from Proto-West Germanic spil — dance; game, exercise.
taustapeli (Finnish): scheming behind the scenes
Definitions
- scheming behind the scenes
Ancestry of “taustapeli”, step by step
taustapeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Finnish tausta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tausta | background; Elative singular form of tau |
| 2 | Finnish | taka | the backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | taka | back, a place behind |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | taka | a place behind |