Proto-IE: *weyǝ-, *wyē-; *wī-k'-
Meaning: to twist, to weave
Old Indian: váyati, ūyate `to weave, braid, plait' inf. ótum, vā́tave, aor. avāsīt, ptc. ūta-, uta-; vaya- m., vāya- m. `weaver, weaving', vyáyati `to cover, clothe, wrap, envelop', ptc. vītá-; véman- n. `loom'; veṇi-, veṇī f. `braided hair', veṇú-, véṇu- m. `bamboo, reed, cane'; paḍ-bīśa-, -vīśa-, -viṃśa- n. `fetter, esp. for the foot of a horse'
Old Greek: ? pl. eimádes = poiménōn oikíai Hsch.
Latin: viēre `binden, flechten', vītilis `geflochten'; vitta f. `Kopfbinde der Opfertiere, der Priester, der freigeborenen Frau; Binde als Schmuck', vīmen, -inis n. `Rute zum Flechten, Flechtwerk'
Celtic: *weiti-: OIr fēith `fibra', imm-a-feithe `sepiri', imb-ithe `circumsaeptus'; Cymr gwden `vinculum, ligamen, virga contorta'; MIr fēithlend, Cymr gwyddfid `Epheu'
Russ. meaning: вить
References: WP I 223 f
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