Where does “Unwägbarkeit” come from?

Unwägbarkeit (German) comes from German unwägbar, 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.

Unwägbarkeit (German): the quality of being imponderable or unknowable;...

Definitions

  1. the quality of being imponderable or unknowable;...

Ancestry of “Unwägbarkeit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanunwägbarimponderable
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 →