Where does “lavatanssi” come from?

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

lavatanssi (Finnish): stage dance

Definitions

  1. stage dance

Ancestry of “lavatanssi”, step by step

lavatanssi 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 lava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlavabed; platform; stage
2Proto-Finniclavasleeping place, bed
3Proto-Balticlā́ˀwāˀ—
Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →Every word from Old French dancier →Every word from Old French dance →