Where does “yhteispeli” come from?
yhteispeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish peli, from Middle Low German spel, from Old Saxon spil, from Proto-West Germanic spil — dance; game, exercise.
yhteispeli (Finnish): teamwork especially in sports but also figuratively
Definitions
- teamwork especially in sports but also figuratively
Ancestry of “yhteispeli”, step by step
yhteispeli 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 yhteinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | yhteinen | shared, joint, common; collaborative,... |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |