Where does “równoważyć” come from?

równoważyć (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.

równoważyć (Polish): to balance, to even out

Definitions

  1. to balance, to even out

Ancestry of “równoważyć”, step by step

równoważyć 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 równy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishrównyeven, level, flat; even; equal
2Proto-Slavicorvьnъstraight; even
3Proto-Slavic-ьnъ-ish, -ic, -al, -ed; From adjectives

Words derived from “równoważyć”

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