Where does “tanssipaikka” come from?

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

tanssipaikka (Finnish): dancing place, dance hall, dance club

Definitions

  1. dancing place, dance hall, dance club

Ancestry of “tanssipaikka”, step by step

tanssipaikka 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 paikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaikkaplace, location, spot, site; area, region,...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*paikka—
3Proto-Germanicspaikǭspoke
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspēy-to stretch; thrive; succeed
Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →Every word from Old French dancier →Every word from Old French dance →