Where does “tanssitapahtuma” come from?

tanssitapahtuma (Finnish) comes from Finnish tapahtuma, from Finnish tapahtua, from Finnish -htua, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from Spanish tú, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз.

tanssitapahtuma (Finnish): dance event

Definitions

  1. dance event

Ancestry of “tanssitapahtuma”, step by step

tanssitapahtuma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tapahtuma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtapahtumaevent, happening, occurrence, incident; Short for...
2FinnishtapahtuaTo happen, take place, occur, come about, come up
3Finnish-htuaForms translative verbs, often emphasizing the...
4Finnish-tuaForms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs...
5Idotuyou singular, thou
6Spanishyou; thou
7Latintuusyour
8Russianтузace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy
9Polishtuzace; luminary, person of importance in their...
10Polishtuhere
11Polishbyćto be
12Polishmócto be able; may, might; to be allowed
13Old Polishmóccan, may, to be able to
14Proto-Slavicmoťьpower
15Proto-Indo-Europeanmógʰtis

via Finnish tanssi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtanssidance; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Swedishdansdance
3Old Frenchdancedance
4Old Frenchdancierto dance
5Vulgar Latin*dantiāre
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mógʰtisEvery word from Proto-Slavic moťьEvery word from Finnish -tua