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Where does “dans” come from?

dans (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old French dance, from Old French dancier, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre.

dans (Norwegian Nynorsk): a dance; imperative of dansa

Definitions

  1. a dance; imperative of dansa

Ancestry of “dans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdancedance
2Old Frenchdancierto dance
3Vulgar Latin*dantiāre—

Words derived from “dans”

  • folkedans
  • magedans
Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →