Where does “потанцевать” come from?
потанцевать (Russian) comes from Russian танцева́ть, from Russian та́нец, from Polish taniec, from Polish -ec, from Old Polish -ec, from Proto-Slavic -ьcь, from Lithuanian -ikas, from Proto-Indo-European -iḱos — -y, -ic.
потанцевать (Russian): to have a dance, to dance
Definitions
- to have a dance, to dance
Ancestry of “потанцевать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | танцева́ть | — |
| 2 | Russian | та́нец | dance |
| 3 | Polish | taniec | dance |
| 4 | Polish | -ec | A masculine suffix |
| 5 | Old Polish | -ec | — |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | -ьcь | Forms diminutives from nouns; Forms nouns from... |
| 7 | Lithuanian | -ikas | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iḱos | -y, -ic |