Where does “baile del caño” come from?

baile del caño (Spanish) comes from Spanish caño, from Spanish caña, from Old Spanish canna, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα, from Akkadian 𒄀, from Sumerian 𒄀 — reed; a certain unit of length.

baile del caño (Spanish): pole dance

Definitions

  1. pole dance

Ancestry of “baile del caño”, step by step

baile del caño traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish caño

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishcañotube or pipe; spout; gutter
2Spanishcañacane; reed; slim, cylindrical type of glass, used...
3Old Spanishcanna
4LatincannaA reed, cane; Anything made of reed or cane;...
5Ancient Greekκάνναgiant reed; reed mat
6Akkadian𒄀reed; a certain unit of length
7Sumerian𒄀reed; a certain unit of length

via Spanish baile

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishbailedance; ball
2Spanishbailarto dance; to dribble
3Old Occitanbalar
4Latinballāre
5Ancient Greekβαλλίζωto dance, jump about
6Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing

via Spanish dél

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdélof him, from him
Every word from Sumerian 𒄀Every word from Akkadian 𒄀Every word from Ancient Greek κάννα