Where does “tanssiyhtye” come from?

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

tanssiyhtye (Finnish): dance band, dance orchestra

Definitions

  1. dance band, dance orchestra

Ancestry of “tanssiyhtye”, step by step

tanssiyhtye 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 yhtye

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyhtyegroup, band; ensemble
2Finnishyksione
3Proto-Finnicükcione
4Proto-Uralicükteone
Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →Every word from Old French dancier →Every word from Old French dance →