Where does “lekceważyć” come from?

lekceważyć (Polish) comes 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, from Proto-West Germanic wāg, from Proto-Germanic wēgaz — to bring; to transport.

lekceważyć (Polish): to disregard, to ignore, to flout

Definitions

  1. to disregard, to ignore, to flout

Ancestry of “lekceważyć”, step by step

lekceważyć traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish ważyć

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishważyćto weigh
2Old Polishważyćto weigh
3Old Polishwagascale
4Middle High Germanwāgewave; scale
5Middle Low Germanwāgewave
6Old Saxonwagwave
7Proto-West Germanicwāgwave
8Proto-Germanicwēgazwave; sea
9Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

via Polish lekce

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishlekcelightly
2PolishLekkilight
3Old Polishlekkilight
4Proto-Slaviclьgъkъlight
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁lengʷʰ-light

Words derived from “lekceważyć”

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