Where does “nieuwaga” come from?
nieuwaga (Polish) comes 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, from Old Saxon wag — to bring; to transport.
nieuwaga (Polish): inattention
Definitions
- inattention
Ancestry of “nieuwaga”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | uwaga | attention |
| 2 | Polish | uważyć | to notice; to realize |
| 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 |