Where does “tanac” come from?
tanac (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German tanz, from Middle High German tanz, from Old French dance, from Old French dancier, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre.
tanac (Serbo-Croatian): folk dance
Ancestry of “tanac”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | tanz | singular imperative of tanzen |
| 2 | Middle High German | tanz | — |
| 3 | Old French | dance | dance |
| 4 | Old French | dancier | to dance |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *dantiāre | — |