Where does “tanssiaiset” come from?

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

tanssiaiset (Finnish): dance; ball

Definitions

  1. dance; ball

Ancestry of “tanssiaiset”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtanssidance; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Swedishdansdance
3Old Frenchdancedance
4Old Frenchdancierto dance
5Vulgar Latin*dantiāre—

Words derived from “tanssiaiset”

Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →Every word from Old French dancier →Every word from Old French dance →