Where does “ylivoimapeli” come from?

ylivoimapeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish ylivoima, from Finnish yli-, from Finnish yli, from Proto-Finnic üli, from Hungarian -i, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

ylivoimapeli (Finnish): power play

Definitions

  1. power play

Ancestry of “ylivoimapeli”, step by step

ylivoimapeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ylivoima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishylivoimasuperiority; power play
2Finnishyli-over-; super-; superior; trans-; overly,...
3Finnishyli"yli" + number: over; over; after, past
4Proto-Finnicüliover
5Hungarian-iAdded to a proper noun, noun or postposition to...
6HungarianUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
7Albanian-ing, -ion
8Proto-West Germanic-jā
9Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
10Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Finnish peli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeligame; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,...
2Middle Low Germanspel
3Old Saxonspil
4Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Hungarian -iEvery word from Hungarian
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