vilti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to weave, twist around”), see also Proto-Germanic *wajjuz (“wall”), Latin vimen (“shoot, twig”).

Verb

vìlti (third-person present tense vìlia, third-person past tense výlė)

to deceive

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1120-22”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1120-22

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