Where does “ważny” come from?

ważny (Old Polish) comes from Old Polish waga, 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.

ważny (Old Polish): important; valuable

Definitions

  1. important; valuable

Ancestry of “ważny”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishwagascale
2Middle High Germanwāgewave; scale
3Middle Low Germanwāgewave
4Old Saxonwagwave
5Proto-West Germanicwāgwave
6Proto-Germanicwēgazwave; sea
7Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

Words derived from “ważny”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wēgaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wāg →