Latvian edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

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References edit

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