varžas

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