Where does “lekceważąco” come from?
lekceważąco (Polish) comes from Polish lekceważący, from Polish lekceważyć, from Polish ważyć, from Old Polish ważyć, from Old Polish waga, from Middle High German wāge, from Middle Low German wāge, from Old Saxon wag — to bring; to transport.
lekceważąco (Polish): dismissively, scornfully, pejoratively
Definitions
- dismissively, scornfully, pejoratively
Ancestry of “lekceważąco”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | lekceważący | dismissive, scornful, pejorative, derogatory |
| 2 | Polish | lekceważyć | to disregard, to ignore, to flout |
| 3 | Polish | ważyć | to weigh |
| 4 | Old Polish | ważyć | to weigh |
| 5 | Old Polish | waga | scale |
| 6 | Middle High German | wāge | wave; scale |
| 7 | Middle Low German | wāge | wave |
| 8 | Old Saxon | wag | wave |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | wāg | wave |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | wēgaz | wave; sea |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵʰ- | to bring; to transport |