Where does “varvastanssi” come from?

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

varvastanssi (Finnish): toe dance

Definitions

  1. toe dance

Ancestry of “varvastanssi”, step by step

varvastanssi 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 varvas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvarvastoe
2Proto-Finnicvarbastoe
3Proto-Finnicvarpathin stick, twig
Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →Every word from Old French dancier →Every word from Old French dance →