Where does “tanssityttö” come from?

tanssityttö (Finnish) comes from Finnish tyttö, from Finnish tytär, from Proto-Finnic tüt'är, from Proto-Balto-Slavic duktḗ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰugh₂tḗr, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewgʰ- — to produce, to produce something useful; to be...

tanssityttö (Finnish): dancing girl, showgirl

Definitions

  1. dancing girl, showgirl

Ancestry of “tanssityttö”, step by step

tanssityttö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tyttö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyttögirl; Synonym of tytär
2Finnishtytärdaughter
3Proto-Finnictüt'ärdaughter
4Proto-Balto-Slavicduktḗdaughter
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰugh₂tḗrdaughter
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewgʰ-to produce, to produce something useful; to be...

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 dʰewgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰugh₂tḗr →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic duktḗ →