Where does “tanssihäät” come from?

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

tanssihäät (Finnish): dance wedding wedding that involves dancing

Definitions

  1. dance wedding wedding that involves dancing

Ancestry of “tanssihäät”, step by step

tanssihäät 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 häät

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhäätWedding; As a former part of compound signifies...
2Middle Low Germanhægefeast, banquet
Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →Every word from Old French dancier →Every word from Old French dance →