Latvian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *sweid-, from *swey(g)- (to bend, swing), see also Old English swican (to move about), Proto-Germanic *swiką (deception, trickery).[1]

Verb

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sviest (?? missing information, 1st conjugation, present sviežu, svied, sviež, past sviedu)

  1. to throw
  2. to fling
  3. to sling
  4. to hurl
  5. (colloquial) to shy
  6. to chuck
  7. to toss
  8. to lob

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “3030”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 3030