Where does “tanssitaide” come from?

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

tanssitaide (Finnish): dance as an artform

Definitions

  1. dance as an artform

Ancestry of “tanssitaide”, step by step

tanssitaide 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 taide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaideart
2Finnishtaitaato know, master, command, have a command of, have...
3Proto-Finnictaitadakto know
4Proto-Finnictaje-—
Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →Every word from Old French dancier →Every word from Old French dance →