sviest

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sweid-, from *swey(g)- (to bend, swing), see also Old English swican (to move about), Proto-Germanic *swiką (deception, trickery).[1]

Verb

sviest (?? missing information., 1st conj., pres. sviežu, svied, sviež, past sviedu)

  1. to throw
  2. to fling
  3. to sling
  4. to hurl
  5. (colloquial) to shy
  6. to chuck
  7. to toss
  8. to lob

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • mest
  • mētāt
  • svaidīt

References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 3030
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