Where does “vatsatanssijatar” come from?
vatsatanssijatar (Finnish) comes from Finnish tanssijatar, from Finnish tanssija, from Finnish tanssia, from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
vatsatanssijatar (Finnish): belly dancer
Definitions
- belly dancer
Ancestry of “vatsatanssijatar”, step by step
vatsatanssijatar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tanssijatar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tanssijatar | A female dancer |
| 2 | Finnish | tanssija | dancer; manakin |
| 3 | Finnish | tanssia | to dance; Partitive singular form of tanssi |
| 4 | Finnish | ia | Obsolete spelling of ja |
| 5 | Finnish | ja | and; AND |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | ja | and |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |