Where does “Schwänzeltanz” come from?

Schwänzeltanz (German) comes from German tanz, from Middle High German tanz, from Old French dance, from Old French dancier, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre.

Schwänzeltanz (German): waggle dance (of bees)

Definitions

  1. waggle dance (of bees)

Ancestry of “Schwänzeltanz”, step by step

Schwänzeltanz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German tanz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantanzsingular imperative of tanzen
2Middle High Germantanz—
3Old Frenchdancedance
4Old Frenchdancierto dance
5Vulgar Latin*dantiāre—

via German schwänzeln

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschwänzelnto wag, wiggle
Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →Every word from Old French dancier →Every word from Old French dance →