Proto-IE: *wyedh-
Meaning: to pierce, to split
Old Indian: vídhyati, ptc. viddhá-, pf. vivyādha `to pierce, transfix'; vyadha- m. `piercing', vyādha- m. `one who pierces'; vindháte `to be destitute or bereft of, lack', vidhú- `lonely, solitary'
Latin: dīvido, -ere, -vīsī, -vīsum `trennen, zer-, ab-, ein-, austeilen'
Other Italic: Umbr pl. acc. vef `partes', vetu `dīviditō'
Russ. meaning: протыкать, раскалывать
References: WP I 239 f
