Where does “неважно” come from?
неважно (Russian) comes from Russian нева́жный, 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 — to bring; to transport.
неважно (Russian): no matter (how)
Definitions
- no matter (how)
Ancestry of “неважно”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | нева́жный | unimportant |
| 2 | Russian | ва́жный | important |
| 3 | Polish | Ważny | important |
| 4 | Polish | waga | scales; weight |
| 5 | Old Polish | waga | scale |
| 6 | Middle High German | wāge | wave; scale |
| 7 | Middle Low German | wāge | wave |
| 8 | Old Saxon | wag | wave |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | wāg | wave |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | wēgaz | wave; sea |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵʰ- | to bring; to transport |