Where does “viivapeli” come from?

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

viivapeli (Finnish): line game, line drawing game; especially Join Five

Definitions

  1. line game, line drawing game; especially Join Five

Ancestry of “viivapeli”, step by step

viivapeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish peli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeligame; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,...
2Middle Low Germanspel—
3Old Saxonspil—
4Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise

via Finnish viiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviivaline; dash, hyphen; bar
2Finnishvije-—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →