Where does “ува́га” come from?
ува́га (Ukrainian) comes 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, from Old Saxon wag — to bring; to transport.
ува́га (Ukrainian): care
Definitions
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Ancestry of “ува́га”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | uwaga | attention |
| 2 | Polish | uważyć | to notice; to realize |
| 3 | Polish | ważyć | to weigh |
| 4 | Old Polish | ważyć | to weigh |
| 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 |