Where does “odważać” come from?

odważać (Polish) comes from Polish odważyć, 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 — to bring; to transport.

odważać (Polish): to weigh out

Definitions

  1. to weigh out

Ancestry of “odważać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishodważyćto weigh out
2Polishważyćto weigh
3Old Polishważyćto weigh
4Old Polishwagascale
5Middle High Germanwāgewave; scale
6Middle Low Germanwāgewave
7Old Saxonwagwave
8Proto-West Germanicwāgwave
9Proto-Germanicwēgazwave; sea
10Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wēgaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wāg →