Where does “уважать” come from?
уважать (Russian) comes from Polish uważać, from Polish uważyć, from Polish ważyć, from Old Polish ważyć, from Old Polish waga, from Middle High German wāge, from Middle Low German wāge, from Old Saxon wag — to bring; to transport.
уважать (Russian): to admire, to esteem, to have a good opinion of...
Definitions
- to admire, to esteem, to have a good opinion of...
Ancestry of “уважать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Polish | uważać | to consider, to regard; to be careful, to take... |
| 2 | Polish | uważyć | — |
| 3 | Polish | ważyć | — |
| 4 | Old Polish | ważyć | — |
| 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 |