varžas

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (bind, wind together), see also veržiù (to fence in, string), Old Norse virgill (snare), Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną (to strangle).

Noun

varžas f

  1. resistor
  2. fish snaring net

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1154-55”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1154-55