Where does “tanssitauti” come from?

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

tanssitauti (Finnish): chorea

Definitions

  1. chorea

Ancestry of “tanssitauti”, step by step

tanssitauti 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 tauti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtautidisease
2Proto-Finnictautidisease, sickness
3Proto-Norsedauđi—
Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →Every word from Old French dancier →Every word from Old French dance →