Where does “Waagschale” come from?
Waagschale (German) comes from German Waage, from Middle High German wāge, from Middle Low German wāge, from Old Saxon wag, from Proto-West Germanic wāg, from Proto-Germanic wēgaz, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.
Waagschale (German): scale
Definitions
- scale
Ancestry of “Waagschale”, step by step
Waagschale traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Waage
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Waage | scales; Libra |
| 2 | Middle High German | wāge | wave; scale |
| 3 | Middle Low German | wāge | wave |
| 4 | Old Saxon | wag | wave |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | wāg | wave |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wēgaz | wave; sea |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵʰ- | to bring; to transport |
via German schāle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | schāle | peel; husk; shell outer layer |
| 2 | Middle High German | schāle | — |
| 3 | Old High German | scāla | shell |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *skalu | shell, husk |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skalō | shell; lump, ball |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kelH- | to cut; to split, to separate |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kel- | to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,... |