Where does “toimintapeli” come from?

toimintapeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish toiminta, from Finnish toimia, from Finnish Toimi, from Finnish toimi, from Proto-Finnic toimi, from Proto-Finnic toodak, from Proto-Uralic toxe-, from Hungarian -ik — Specifies "which" one of a specific set of...

toimintapeli (Finnish): action game

Definitions

  1. action game

Ancestry of “toimintapeli”, step by step

toimintapeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish toiminta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoimintaaction, activity
2Finnishtoimiato work, function, run; to serve, act, work; to...
3FinnishToimichore, task, job, duty
4Finnishtoimichore, task, job, duty; activities, business,...
5Proto-Finnictoimiwork, task, chore
6Proto-Finnictoodakto bring
7Proto-Uralictoxe-to bring, give
8Hungarian-ikSpecifies "which" one of a specific set of...

via Finnish peli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeligame; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,...
2Middle Low Germanspel
3Old Saxonspil
4Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise
Every word from Hungarian -ikEvery word from Proto-Uralic toxe-Every word from Proto-Finnic toodak
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