weighty
Betekenis (Engels)
- Having a lot of weight; heavy.
- (figuratively) Important; serious; not trivial or petty.
- Rigorous; severe; afflictive.
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Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈweɪti/
Etimologie (Engels)
In summary
From Middle English weighti, weghti, wighti, equivalent to weight + -y. Cognate with Scots weichty, wechty, wichty, Saterland Frisian wichtich, West Frisian wichtich, Dutch wichtig, gewichtig, German wichtig, Danish vigtig, Swedish viktig. Compare typologically Russian ве́ский (véskij), весо́мый (vesómyj) (< вес (ves)). Also compare the same meaning development from cognate (by borrowing) Polish waga (< ... < Proto-Germanic *wēgō): ważny (whence Russian ва́жный (vážnyj)).
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