Where does “taniec” come from?

taniec (Polish) comes from Middle High German tanz, from Old French dance, from Old French dancier, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre.

taniec (Polish): dance

Definitions

  1. dance

Ancestry of “taniec”, step by step

taniec traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German tanz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germantanz—
2Old Frenchdancedance
3Old Frenchdancierto dance
4Vulgar Latin*dantiāre—

via Polish tani

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishtanicheap
2Old Polishtuni—
3Proto-Slavic*tuňьfutile, vain, idle

Words derived from “taniec”

Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →Every word from Old French dancier →Every word from Old French dance →