Indo-European etymology : Query result

Proto-IE: *weyǝ-, *wyē-; *wī-k'-

Meaning: to twist, to weave

Old Indian: váyati, ūyate `to weave, braid, plait' inf. ótum, vā́tave, aor. avāsīt, ptc. ūta-, uta-; vaya- m., vāya- m. `weaver, weaving', vyáyati `to cover, clothe, wrap, envelop', ptc. vītá-; véman- n. `loom'; veṇi-, veṇī f. `braided hair', veṇú-, véṇu- m. `bamboo, reed, cane'; paḍ-bīśa-, -vīśa-, -viṃśa- n. `fetter, esp. for the foot of a horse'

Old Greek: ? pl. eimádes = poiménōn oikíai Hsch.

Slavic: *vī́tī, *vь̀jǭ; *vītь, *vītīcā; *vēnīkъ, *vēnьcь; *vīljātī, *vīlīcā `Epheu'

Baltic: *wī̂- (*wej-a-) (2) vb., *wei-l-ā̂ f., *waĩ-n-ik-a-, -ag-, -ak- c., *wai-r-u- adj., *wij-ā̂ f., *wī-l-iā̃ f.

Germanic: *wí-ɵ-jō(n-) f., *wí-ɵ-ō/*wi-d-ṓ f., *wajj-u- c., *wai-g=

Latin: viēre `binden, flechten', vītilis `geflochten'; vitta f. `Kopfbinde der Opfertiere, der Priester, der freigeborenen Frau; Binde als Schmuck', vīmen, -inis n. `Rute zum Flechten, Flechtwerk'

Celtic: *weiti-: OIr fēith `fibra', imm-a-feithe `sepiri', imb-ithe `circumsaeptus'; Cymr gwden `vinculum, ligamen, virga contorta'; MIr fēithlend, Cymr gwyddfid `Epheu'

Russ. meaning: вить

References: WP I 223 f