Where does “kilpatanssi” come from?

kilpatanssi (Finnish) comes from Finnish tanssi, from Swedish dans, from Old French dance, from Old French dancier, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre.

kilpatanssi (Finnish): competitive dancing, especially competitive ballroom dancing

Definitions

  1. competitive dancing, especially competitive ballroom dancing

Ancestry of “kilpatanssi”, step by step

kilpatanssi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tanssi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtanssidance; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Swedishdansdance
3Old Frenchdancedance
4Old Frenchdancierto dance
5Vulgar Latin*dantiāre—

via Finnish kilpa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkilpacontest, race
Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →Every word from Old French dancier →Every word from Old French dance →