Etymology of the English word weighty
the English word
weightyusing the English suffix
-yderived from the English word
weightderived from the English word
wightderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wekti-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wegh-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*wekhtizCognates
Dutch
gewichtig, German
wichtig, Norwegian
viktig, Swedish
viktigUsage
Word found in Modern English
