Where does “poważać” come from?

poważać (Polish) comes from Polish poważyć, 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.

poważać (Polish): to esteem, to respect

Definitions

  1. to esteem, to respect

Ancestry of “poważać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpoważyćto weigh many different people or things, to weigh one after the other
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

Words derived from “poważać”

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