Where does “danssteg” come from?

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

danssteg (Swedish): dance step

Definitions

  1. dance step

Ancestry of “danssteg”, step by step

danssteg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish dans

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

via Swedish steg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishstega step
2Old Norsestigstep, pace; step; degree, rank
Every word from Vulgar Latin *dantiāre →