Where does “fjárhættuspil” come from?

fjárhættuspil (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic spil, from Middle Low German spil, from Old Saxon spil, from Proto-West Germanic spil — dance; game, exercise.

fjárhættuspil (Icelandic): gambling

Definitions

  1. gambling

Ancestry of “fjárhættuspil”, step by step

fjárhættuspil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic spil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicspilgame; playing card; play, playing
2Middle Low Germanspilnoun
3Old Saxonspil—
4Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise

via Icelandic hætta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandichættadanger; hazard, jeopardy; peril
2Old Norsehætta—
3Proto-Germanichanhtijǭ—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spil →