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Where does “tanssittaa” come from?

tanssittaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish tanssia, from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

tanssittaa (Finnish): to make someone dance; to dance with , spin

Definitions

  1. to make someone dance; to dance with , spin

Ancestry of “tanssittaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtanssiato dance; Partitive singular form of tanssi
2FinnishiaObsolete spelling of ja
3Finnishjaand; AND
4Proto-Finnicja—
5Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
6Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
7Proto-Germanic-hwe—
8Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
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