Where does “dançaire” come from?
dançaire (Occitan) comes from Occitan dançar, from Catalan dansar, from Russian танцева́ть, from Russian та́нец, from Polish taniec, from Polish -ec, from Old Polish -ec, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь — -y, -ic.
dançaire (Occitan): dancer
Definitions
- dancer
Ancestry of “dançaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Occitan | dançar | to dance |
| 2 | Catalan | dansar | to dance |
| 3 | Russian | танцева́ть | to dance (move rhythmically to music) |
| 4 | Russian | та́нец | dance |
| 5 | Polish | taniec | dance |
| 6 | Polish | -ec | A masculine suffix |
| 7 | Old Polish | -ec | forms nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | -ьcь | Forms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from... |
| 9 | Lithuanian | -ikas | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -iḱos | -y, -ic |