Where does “dansa” come from?

dansa (Malay) comes from Turkish Danca, from Turkish -çe, from Ottoman Turkish -ce, from Proto-Turkic *-če — Suffix expressing the equative case.

dansa (Malay): A dance especially one of Western origin

Definitions

  1. A dance especially one of Western origin

Ancestry of “dansa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishDancaDanish (language)
2Turkish-çelike, -like, -ly; -ish; as if, as though; in the...
3Ottoman Turkish-ce—
4Proto-Turkic*-čeSuffix expressing the equative case
Every word from Proto-Turkic *-če →Every word from Turkish -çe →Every word from Turkish Danca →