Where does “illallistanssiaiset” come from?
illallistanssiaiset (Finnish) comes from Finnish tanssiaiset, from Finnish tanssi, from Swedish dans, from Old French dance, from Old French dancier, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre.
illallistanssiaiset (Finnish): dinner dance social event taking place in the evening with dancing and a dinner service
Definitions
- dinner dance social event taking place in the evening with dancing and a dinner service
Ancestry of “illallistanssiaiset”, step by step
illallistanssiaiset traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tanssiaiset
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tanssiaiset | dance; ball |
| 2 | Finnish | tanssi | dance; Third-person singular indicative past form... |
| 3 | Swedish | dans | dance |
| 4 | Old French | dance | dance |
| 5 | Old French | dancier | to dance |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | *dantiāre | — |
via Finnish illallinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | illallinen | dinner; supper |
| 2 | Finnish | ilta | evening |
| 3 | Finnish | -nen | Forms diminutives nouns or terms expressing... |
| 4 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 5 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |