Where does “Spitzentanz” come from?

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

Spitzentanz (German): dance en pointe; professional dance; world-class...

Definitions

  1. dance en pointe; professional dance; world-class...

Ancestry of “Spitzentanz”, step by step

Spitzentanz 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 spitze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspitzegreat, awesome; inflection of spitzen: ##...
2Middle High Germanspitze—
3Old High Germanspizza—
4Proto-Germanicspitjaz—

Words derived from “Spitzentanz”

Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →
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