Where does “Abwägung” come from?

Abwägung (German) comes from German abwägen, from German wägen, from Middle High German wāgen, from Middle High German wāge, from Middle Low German wāge, from Old Saxon wag, from Proto-West Germanic wāg, from Proto-Germanic wēgaz — to bring; to transport.

Abwägung (German): weighing up, assessment of tradeoffs

Definitions

  1. weighing up, assessment of tradeoffs

Ancestry of “Abwägung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanabwägento weigh
2Germanwägento weigh something
3Middle High Germanwāgen—
4Middle High Germanwāgewave; scale
5Middle Low Germanwāgewave
6Old Saxonwagwave
7Proto-West Germanicwāgwave
8Proto-Germanicwēgazwave; sea
9Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wēgaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wāg →