Where does “ważny” come from?

ważny (Silesian) comes from Old Polish ważny, from Old Polish waga, from Middle High German wāge, from Middle Low German wāge, from Old Saxon wag, from Proto-West Germanic wāg, from Proto-Germanic wēgaz, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.

ważny (Silesian): important, significant

Definitions

  1. important, significant

Ancestry of “ważny”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishważnyimportant; valuable
2Old Polishwagascale
3Middle High Germanwāgewave; scale
4Middle Low Germanwāgewave
5Old Saxonwagwave
6Proto-West Germanicwāgwave
7Proto-Germanicwēgazwave; sea
8Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wēgaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic wāg →