Where does “Tanzclub” come from?

Tanzclub (German) comes from German club, from English club, from Middle English clubbe, from Old Norse klubba, from Proto-Germanic klumpô, from Proto-Indo-European glemb-, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

Tanzclub (German): dance club, nightclub

Definitions

  1. dance club, nightclub

Ancestry of “Tanzclub”, step by step

Tanzclub traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German club

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanclubclub (association of members)
2EnglishclubAn association of members joining together for...
3Middle EnglishclubbeAn club or baton; A clump or lump; a pile
4Old Norseklubbacudgel
5Proto-Germanicklumpôclasp; clamp; lump; mass; clump
6Proto-Indo-Europeanglemb-log, block
7Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

via German tanz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantanzsingular imperative of tanzen
2Middle High Germantanz
3Old Frenchdancedance
4Old Frenchdancierto dance
5Vulgar Latin*dantiāre
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European glemb-Every word from Proto-Germanic klumpô