Where does “sviests” come from?

sviests (Latvian) comes from Latvian sviest, from Proto-Indo-European sweid-, from Proto-Indo-European swey(g)- — to bend, swing.

sviests (Latvian): butter; butter; containing butter, made with...

Definitions

  1. butter; butter; containing butter, made with...

Ancestry of “sviests”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviansviestto throw; to fling; to sling
2Proto-Indo-Europeansweid-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswey(g)-to bend, swing

Words derived from “sviests”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swey(g)- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweid- →Every word from Latvian sviest →