Proto-IE: *weisk-, -zg-
Meaning: sheaf; guts
Old Indian: veṣká- m. `a noose for strangling a sacrificial victim', veṣṭa- m. `band, noose', veṣṭate `to wind or twist round'
Latin: vīscus, -eris n. `Eingeweide, alles unter der Haut liegende Fleischige' || virga, -ae f. `Rute'
Russ. meaning: связка, кишки
References: WP I 242 f