Reconstruction:Latin/dantiare
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This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Latin
Etymology
Uncertain and highly debated.[1][2][3] Perhaps in one way or another from Proto-West Germanic *þansōn. It could instead be related to *þį̄han (“to thrive”), see also Dutch deinen (“to bob up and down”); however, the -a- would remain unexplained.[4]
Verb
*dantiāre
- to dance
Descendants
(Possibly all from Old French.)
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: danzare
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References
- ^ “dancer”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1984) “danzar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 425
- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “63”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 15/2: Germanismes: Bu–F, page *dintjan
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “dans”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute