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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
- resistor
- 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