Where does “Videospiel” come from?

Videospiel (German) comes from German spiel, from Middle High German spil, from Old High German spil, from Proto-West Germanic spil — dance; game, exercise.

Videospiel (German): video game

Definitions

  1. video game

Ancestry of “Videospiel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspiela game instance or way of playing
2Middle High Germanspil—
3Old High Germanspil—
4Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise

Words derived from “Videospiel”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old High German spil →Every word from Middle High German spil →
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