Where does “sambatanssija” come from?

sambatanssija (Finnish) comes from Finnish tanssija, from Finnish tanssia, from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

sambatanssija (Finnish): samba dancer

Definitions

  1. samba dancer

Ancestry of “sambatanssija”, step by step

sambatanssija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tanssija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtanssijadancer; manakin
2Finnishtanssiato dance; Partitive singular form of tanssi
3FinnishiaObsolete spelling of ja
4Finnishjaand; AND
5Proto-Finnicjaand
6Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
7Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
8Proto-Germanic-hwe
9Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish samba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsambasamba
2Portuguesesambasamba Brazilian genre of music and dance
3Kimbundusembabelly-bump
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw