viesis

Etymology
From  (with metathesis of ei to ie), from, from , from.

Initially was inflected both as an i-stem and as an o-stem (*viesis, *viesas; the i-stem plural form viesis was still in use in the 17th century), whence its present-day irregular (non-s/š-alternating) declension. The change in meaning, from “house” to “guest,” occurred via old compounds like *vies-pats “lord of the house” (during celebrations, the lord of the house was also the host, the “lord of the guests,” which led to the reinterpretation of the meaning of the initial vies-), and probably also under the influence of (now dated) verb, originally “to go to someone's house, village,” later “to visit,” “to be a visitor.”

Cognates include 🇨🇬 archaic, , , , , , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 dialectal , , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, , , 🇨🇬, dialectal , 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) (male) visitor, guest a person who comes to visit someone, and/or stays for a short time
 * 2) (male) guest a person, usually officially invited, who comes to participate in an event
 * 1) (male) guest a person, usually officially invited, who comes to participate in an event
 * 1) (male) guest a person, usually officially invited, who comes to participate in an event
 * 1) (male) guest a person, usually officially invited, who comes to participate in an event
 * 1) (male) guest a person, usually officially invited, who comes to participate in an event
 * 1) (male) guest a person, usually officially invited, who comes to participate in an event
 * 1) (male) guest a person, usually officially invited, who comes to participate in an event
 * 1) (male) guest a person, usually officially invited, who comes to participate in an event
 * 1) (male) guest a person, usually officially invited, who comes to participate in an event
 * 1) (male) guest a person, usually officially invited, who comes to participate in an event
 * 1) (male) guest a person, usually officially invited, who comes to participate in an event