Where does “breikkitanssi” come from?
breikkitanssi (Finnish) comes from Finnish breikki, from English break, from Middle English breken, from Old English brecan, from Proto-West Germanic brekan, from Proto-Germanic brekaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.
breikkitanssi (Finnish): breakdancing urban style of acrobatic street dance that was part of the hip hop culture of New York City in the late 20th century
Definitions
- breakdancing urban style of acrobatic street dance that was part of the hip hop culture of New York City in the late 20th century
Ancestry of “breikkitanssi”, step by step
breikkitanssi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish breikki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | breikki | break, pause |
| 2 | English | break | To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture... |
| 3 | Middle English | breken | to break |
| 4 | Old English | brecan | to break; to break into a place |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | brekan | to break |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | brekaną | to break |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrēǵ- | to shine, shimmer |