Where does “karnevaalisamba” come from?

karnevaalisamba (Finnish) comes from Finnish karnevaali, from Italian carnevale, from Latin carnem levāre.

karnevaalisamba (Finnish): carnival samba

Definitions

  1. carnival samba

Ancestry of “karnevaalisamba”, step by step

karnevaalisamba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish karnevaali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarnevaalicarnival
2Italiancarnevalecarnival; festival in the week before Lent
3Latincarnem levāre—

via Finnish samba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsambasamba
2Portuguesesambasamba Brazilian genre of music and dance
3Kimbundusembabelly-bump
Every word from Latin carnem levāre →Every word from Italian carnevale →Every word from Finnish karnevaali →
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