Where does “важнейший” come from?
важнейший (Russian) comes from Russian ва́жный, 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 — to bring; to transport.
важнейший (Russian): superlative degree of ва́жный : the most...
Definitions
- superlative degree of ва́жный : the most...
Ancestry of “важнейший”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | ва́жный | — |
| 2 | Polish | Ważny | — |
| 3 | Polish | waga | scales; weight |
| 4 | Old Polish | waga | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | wāge | wave; scale |
| 6 | Middle Low German | wāge | wave |
| 7 | Old Saxon | wag | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | wāg | wave |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | wēgaz | wave; sea |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵʰ- | to bring; to transport |