Where does “dansar” come from?
dansar (Catalan) comes from Russian танцева́ть, from Russian та́нец, from Polish taniec, from Polish -ec, from Old Polish -ec, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.
dansar (Catalan): to dance
Definitions
- to dance
Ancestry of “dansar”, step by step
dansar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian танцева́ть
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | танцева́ть | to dance (move rhythmically to music) |
| 2 | Russian | та́нец | dance |
| 3 | Polish | taniec | dance |
| 4 | Polish | -ec | A masculine suffix |
| 5 | Old Polish | -ec | forms nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -ьcь | Forms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from... |
| 7 | Lithuanian | -ikas | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iḱos | -y, -ic |