Where does “latotanssit” come from?

latotanssit (Finnish) comes from Finnish lato, from Proto-Finnic lato — barn, hayshed (unheated building used for storage of hay and similar).

latotanssit (Finnish): dance event held in a (hay) barn

Definitions

  1. dance event held in a (hay) barn

Ancestry of “latotanssit”, step by step

latotanssit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlatoA hovel, barn
2Proto-Finniclatobarn, hayshed (unheated building used for storage of hay and similar)

via Finnish tanssit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtanssitdance social event
Every word from Proto-Finnic lato →