Where does “danserinne” come from?
danserinne (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål danser, from Norwegian Bokmål danse, from Old Norse dansa, from Old French dancier, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre.
danserinne (Norwegian Bokmål): a dancer
Ancestry of “danserinne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | danser | a dancer; indefinite plural of dans; present of... |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | danse | to dance |
| 3 | Old Norse | dansa | — |
| 4 | Old French | dancier | to dance |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *dantiāre | — |