Where does “mežģīšana” come from?

mežģīšana (Latvian) comes from Latvian mežģīt, from Proto-Balto-Slavic mezg-ti, from Proto-Indo-European mezg- — to knit, twist, plait; to knit, to tie, to bind;...

mežģīšana (Latvian): spraining, entangling; verbal noun of mežģīt

Definitions

  1. spraining, entangling; verbal noun of mežģīt

Ancestry of “mežģīšana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianmežģītto sprain, to twist; to entangle; to sew
2Proto-Balto-Slavicmezg-ti—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmezg-to knit, twist, plait; to knit, to tie, to bind;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mezg- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic mezg-ti →Every word from Latvian mežģīt →