Where does “napatanssi” come from?

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

napatanssi (Finnish): belly dance

Definitions

  1. belly dance

Ancestry of “napatanssi”, step by step

napatanssi 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 napa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnapanavel; pole; pivot
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*napa—
Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →Every word from Old French dancier →Every word from Old French dance →