Where does “danser” come from?

danser (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål danse, from Old Norse dansa, from Old French dancier, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre.

danser (Norwegian Bokmål): a dancer; indefinite plural of dans; present of...

Definitions

  1. a dancer; indefinite plural of dans; present of...

Ancestry of “danser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmåldanseto dance
2Old Norsedansa—
3Old Frenchdancierto dance
4Vulgar Latin*dantiāre—

Words derived from “danser”

Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →Every word from Old French dancier →Every word from Old Norse dansa →