Where does “заввага” come from?
заввага (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian ува́га, from Polish uwaga, from Polish uważyć, from Polish ważyć, from Old Polish ważyć, from Old Polish waga, from Middle High German wāge, from Middle Low German wāge — to bring; to transport.
Ancestry of “заввага”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | ува́га | care |
| 2 | Polish | uwaga | attention |
| 3 | Polish | uważyć | to notice; to realize |
| 4 | Polish | ważyć | to weigh |
| 5 | Old Polish | ważyć | to weigh |
| 6 | Old Polish | waga | scale |
| 7 | Middle High German | wāge | wave; scale |
| 8 | Middle Low German | wāge | wave |
| 9 | Old Saxon | wag | wave |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | wāg | wave |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | wēgaz | wave; sea |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵʰ- | to bring; to transport |