varžas
Lithuanian
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Etymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, wind together”), see also veržiù (“to fence in, string”), Old Norse virgill (“snare”), Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną (“to strangle”).
Noun
editvaržas f
References
editPokorny, Julius (1959) “1154-55”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1154-55