Where does “tanssiaskel” come from?

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

tanssiaskel (Finnish): dance step

Definitions

  1. dance step

Ancestry of “tanssiaskel”, step by step

tanssiaskel 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 askel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaskelstep, pace; step
2Proto-Finnicaskelstep, pace
3Proto-Uralicaśkelestep
Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →Every word from Old French dancier →Every word from Old French dance →