Where does “dansgolv” come from?

dansgolv (Swedish) comes from Swedish dans, from Old French dance, from Old French dancier, from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre.

dansgolv (Swedish): dance floor

Definitions

  1. dance floor

Ancestry of “dansgolv”, step by step

dansgolv traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish dans

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishdansdance
2Old Frenchdancedance
3Old Frenchdancierto dance
4Vulgar Latin*dantiāre—

via Swedish golv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgolva floor
2Old Swedishgolf—
3Old Norsególf—
4Proto-Germanicgulbąfloor
Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →Every word from Old French dancier →Every word from Old French dance →