dannsa

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle English dauncen, from Anglo-Norman dauncer, dancer (“to dance”), from Frankish *þansōn (“to draw, pull, stretch out, gesture”), from Proto-West Germanic *þansōn, from Proto-Indo-European *tens- (“to stretch, pull”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪ãũn̪ˠs̪ə/

Noun

dannsa m (genitive singular dannsa, plural dannsaichean)

  1. dance

Derived terms
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