Where does “tanssihaalari” come from?
tanssihaalari (Finnish) comes from Finnish haalari, from Swedish halare, from German Hehler, from German hehlen, from Middle High German heln, from Old High German helan, from Proto-West Germanic helan, from Proto-Germanic helaną — to cover; to incline.
tanssihaalari (Finnish): dance overalls
Definitions
- dance overalls
Ancestry of “tanssihaalari”, step by step
tanssihaalari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish haalari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | haalari | hauler, haulier; overall, overalls, coverall,... |
| 2 | Swedish | halare | boilersuit |
| 3 | German | Hehler | agent noun of hehlen; receiver and usually... |
| 4 | German | hehlen | to hide, to conceal, to hele; to transactionally... |
| 5 | Middle High German | heln | — |
| 6 | Old High German | helan | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | helan | to hide, to conceal |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | helaną | to hide, to conceal |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱéleti | to be covering, hiding |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |