Where does “tanssillinen” come from?

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

tanssillinen (Finnish): dancelike, pertaining to or resembling dance

Definitions

  1. dancelike, pertaining to or resembling dance

Ancestry of “tanssillinen”, step by step

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