Where does “vieraspeli” come from?
vieraspeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish vieras, from Proto-Finnic veeras, from Proto-Finnic veeri, from Proto-Finno-Permic wäre.
vieraspeli (Finnish): away game, road game
Ancestry of “vieraspeli”, step by step
vieraspeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vieras
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vieras | unfamiliar; foreign; guest, visitor |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | veeras | guest, visitor; stranger; strange, foreign,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | veeri | side, flank; edge |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | wäre | — |
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 |