Proto-IE: *weg-
Meaning: yarn, thread
Old Indian: vāgurā f. `a net (for catching deer or wild animals)'
Latin: vēlum, -ī n. `Segel; Hülle, Tuch, Vorhang', vexillum `Fähnlein'
Celtic: OIr figim `webe', fige `das Weben', OBret. gueig, Bret gwea `textris', OCymr gweetic `textilis', Cymr gweu `weben, knüpfen', gwe `Gewebe, OCorn guiat gl. `tela', Corn gwia `weben'
Russ. meaning: пряжа, волокно