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