vę̄zàti

vę̄zàti Grammatical information: v. Accent paradigm: b Proto-Slavic meaning: `tie'

Old Church Slavic:

vęzati `tie, join' [verb], vęžǫ [1sg], vęzajǫ [1sg]

Russian:

vjazát' `tie, bind, knit' [verb], vjažú [1sg], vjážet [3sg]

Czech:

vázati `tie, bind' [verb]

Slovak:

viazat' `tie, bind' [verb]

Polish:

wiązać `tie, bind' [verb]

Serbo-Croatian:

vézati `tie, connect, bind' [verb], véžēm [1sg];

Čak. vēzȁti `tie, connect, bind' [verb], vẽžeš [2sg];

Čak. vēzȁt (Hvar) `tie, connect, bind' [verb], véžen [1sg];

Čak. vⁱezȁt (Orbanići) `tie, connect, bind' [verb], vⁱẽžen [1sg]

Slovene:

vę́zati `tie, bind' [verb], vę́žem [1sg]

Bulgarian:

véza `stitch' [verb]

Indo-European reconstruction: h₂nǵʰ-

Comments: The origin of the initial *v remains unclear.

Other cognates:

Gk. ἄγχω `squeeze, strangle' [verb];

Hitt. hamank `tie, betroth' [verb];

Lat. angere `strangle, choke' [verb]