Re: [tied] Proto-Indo-European WITCH

Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

> <wise> and <wit> are related, and both cone from PIE *weid- 'see,
> know'. The word <witch> cannot be related to them; OE f. wicce and m.
> wicca look as if they derived from Gmc. *wik-j-o:n- (cf. also the OE
> verb wiccian 'practice witchcraft, bewitch' < *wik-j-o:jan- and the
> adjective <wicked>). The *wik-j- part can go back to Pre-Gmc.
> *wig-j(o)- or *weg-j(o)-; in the latter case we get the attractive
> possibility that it's derived from PIE *h2weg^- 'be strong/lively'
> (magic and strength often go together in etymologies).
>
> Piotr

Piotr, is the Slavic "vraZiti" and "vraZida" related here? If yes then
the meaning "witch" is related to the meaning " enemy", "doing bad
things" and the witch will fit the meaning of wicked too, doesn't it?
Can it derive from PIE *vreg (Pokorny 2216)?

Alex