Where does “Ważny” come from?

Ważny (Polish) comes from Polish waga, 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 (Polish): important

Definitions

  1. important

Ancestry of “Ważny”, step by step

Ważny traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish waga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishwagascales; weight
2Old Polishwagascale
3Middle High Germanwāgewave; scale
4Middle Low Germanwāgewave
5Old Saxonwagwave
6Proto-West Germanicwāgwave
7Proto-Germanicwēgazwave; sea
8Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

via Old Polish ważny

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishważnyimportant; valuable
2Old Polish-nyforms adjectives
3Proto-Slavic-ьnъ-ish, -ic, -al, -ed; From adjectives

Words derived from “Ważny”

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