Where does “nieuważny” come from?
nieuważny (Polish) comes from Polish uważny, from Polish uwaga, from Polish uważyć, from Polish ważyć, from Old Polish ważyć, from Old Polish waga, from Middle High German wāge, from Middle Low German wāge — to bring; to transport.
nieuważny (Polish): inadvertent, distracted, unwary
Definitions
- inadvertent, distracted, unwary
Ancestry of “nieuważny”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | uważny | attentive, heedful, watchful, observant, careful, mindful |
| 2 | Polish | uwaga | attention |
| 3 | Polish | uważyć | to notice; to realize |
| 4 | Polish | ważyć | to weigh |
| 5 | Old Polish | ważyć | to weigh |
| 6 | Old Polish | waga | scale |
| 7 | Middle High German | wāge | wave; scale |
| 8 | Middle Low German | wāge | wave |
| 9 | Old Saxon | wag | wave |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | wāg | wave |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | wēgaz | wave; sea |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵʰ- | to bring; to transport |