Where does “dødvægt” come from?

dødvægt (Danish) comes from Danish vægt, from Old Danish wict, from Middle Low German wicht, from Old Saxon wiht, from Proto-West Germanic wihti, from Proto-Germanic wihtiz, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.

dødvægt (Danish): dead weight, useless ballast

Definitions

  1. dead weight, useless ballast

Ancestry of “dødvægt”, step by step

dødvægt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish vægt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishvægtweight; scales; Libra
2Old Danishwict—
3Middle Low Germanwicht—
4Old Saxonwihtcreature, person, thing, being
5Proto-West Germanicwihtithing, creature; weight
6Proto-Germanicwihtizessence, being; thing, creature; weight
7Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

via Danish død

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishdøddead, inanimate; slack; death, decease, demise
2Old Danishdøth—
3Old Norsedauðrdead
4Proto-Germanicdaudazdead
5Proto-Indo-EuropeandʰowHtós—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wihtiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wihti →