Where does “Feitsdauns” come from?

Feitsdauns (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Dauns, from Old French danse — dance.

Feitsdauns (Plautdietsch): St. Vitus' dance

Definitions

  1. St. Vitus' dance

Ancestry of “Feitsdauns”, step by step

Feitsdauns traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Dauns

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschDaunsdance, jig, reel
2Old Frenchdansedance

via Plautdietsch Feit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschFeit—
Every word from Old French danse →Every word from Plautdietsch Dauns →