Where does “vreugdedans” come from?

vreugdedans (Dutch) comes from Dutch vreugde, from Middle Dutch vreuchde, from Proto-Germanic frawiþō, from Proto-Germanic frawaz, from Proto-Indo-European prew- — to jump.

vreugdedans (Dutch): dance of joy, a celebratory, often improvised...

Definitions

  1. dance of joy, a celebratory, often improvised...

Ancestry of “vreugdedans”, step by step

vreugdedans traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch vreugde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvreugdejoy
2Middle Dutchvreuchde—
3Proto-Germanicfrawiþōjoy
4Proto-Germanicfrawazhappy; energetic
5Proto-Indo-Europeanprew-to jump

via Dutch dans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdansdance
2Middle Dutchdans—
3Old Frenchdansedance
Every word from Proto-Indo-European prew- →