Where does “dans” come from?
dans (Danish) comes from French danse, from French danser, from Old French dancier, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre.
dans (Danish): a dance
Ancestry of “dans”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | danse | dance; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | French | danser | to dance |
| 3 | Old French | dancier | to dance |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *dantiāre | — |