Number: 1317
Root: mezg-2
English meaning: to bind, attach
German meaning: `stricken, knüpfen'
Derivatives: mozgo- `Knoten'
Material: Ahd. as. mā̆sca, ags. max, mǣscr `Masche', aisl. mǫskvi ds.;
lit. mezgù, mḕgsti `knüpfen, stricken', mãzgas, lett. mazgs `Knoten', lit. mazgýti Iter. `stricken', makstýti `flechten', lett. mežǵêt, mižǵêt `verrenken', mežǵît `ranken' (russ. mázgarь `Spinne'? s. Berneker II 28).
References: WP. II 301, Trautmann 172.
Pages: 746
