Where does “ва́жный” come from?
ва́жный (Russian) comes from Polish Ważny, from Polish waga, 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.
Ancestry of “ва́жный”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Polish | Ważny | — |
| 2 | Polish | waga | scales; weight |
| 3 | Old Polish | waga | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | wāge | wave; scale |
| 5 | Middle Low German | wāge | wave |
| 6 | Old Saxon | wag | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | wāg | wave |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | wēgaz | wave; sea |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵʰ- | to bring; to transport |
Words derived from “ва́жный”