Where does “variksenpelätti” come from?

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

variksenpelätti (Finnish): scarecrow

Definitions

  1. scarecrow

Ancestry of “variksenpelätti”, step by step

variksenpelätti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pelätti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpelättithat which scares; scarecrow
2FinnishpelätäTo fear, dread, be afraid of
3Finnishpeligame; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,...
4Middle Low Germanspel—
5Old Saxonspil—
6Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise

via Finnish varis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvarishooded crow, grey crow, "Corvus cornix"; corvid,...
2Proto-Finnicvaris—
3Proto-Uralicwarᴈcrow
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →