Where does “маловажный” come from?
маловажный (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.
Ancestry of “маловажный”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 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 |
Words derived from “маловажный”