Where does “seuratanssi” come from?

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

seuratanssi (Finnish): social dance, ballroom dance

Definitions

  1. social dance, ballroom dance

Ancestry of “seuratanssi”, step by step

seuratanssi 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 seura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishseuracompany; society; club, especially a...
2Proto-Finnicseprafriend; friendship, companionship
Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →Every word from Old French dancier →Every word from Old French dance →