Proto-Baltic: *mezg- (*mezg-a-, -ja-) vb. tr., *mazg-ī̂- vb. *mazg-a- c.
Meaning: knot, make a loop
Lithuanian: mègzti (mẽzga, mẽzgē) `knoten, knüpfen, stricken', intens. mazgī́ti; dial. mãzga-s `Knoten, zugezogene Schlinge'
Lettish: megzt (megžu, megzu) tr. 'stricken'