varžas

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Lithuanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, wind together”), see also veržiù (“to fence in, string”), Old Norse virgill (“snare”), Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną (“to strangle”).

Noun[edit]

varžas f

  1. resistor
  2. fish snaring net

References[edit]

Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1154-55”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1154-55

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