Where does “dansvloer” come from?

dansvloer (Dutch) comes from Dutch vloer, from Middle Dutch vloer, from Old Dutch fluor, from Proto-Germanic flōraz, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂ros, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

dansvloer (Dutch): dancefloor

Definitions

  1. dancefloor

Ancestry of “dansvloer”, step by step

dansvloer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch vloer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchvloerA floor; Any ground, surface; The bottom, lowest...
2Middle Dutchvloerground; floor; floor, storey
3Old Dutchfluor—
4Proto-Germanicflōrazground; floor
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂rosflat; floor
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat

via Dutch dansen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdansento dance; plural of dans
2Middle Dutchdansento dance
3Old Frenchdancierto dance
4Vulgar Latin*dantiāre—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- →