žìla

žìla Grammatical information: f. ā Accent paradigm: a Proto-Slavic meaning: `vein, sinew, tendon'

Old Church Slavic:

žila `vein, sinew, tendon' [f ā]

Russian:

žíla `vein, sinew, tendon' [f ā]

Czech:

žíla `vein' [f ā]

Slovak:

žila `vein' [f ā]

Polish:

żyɫa `vein' [f ā]

Serbo-Croatian:

žȉla `tendon, vein, root' [f ā];

Čak. žȉla (Vrgada, Hvar) `tendon, vein, root' [f ā];

Čak. žȉla (Orbanići) `vein, root' [f ā]

Slovene:

žíla `vein, sinew' [f ā]

Bulgarian:

žíla `vein, sinew' [f ā]

Lithuanian:

gýsla `vein' [f ā]

Latvian:

dzî(k)sla `vein' [f ā]

Old Prussian:

pettegislo `Rückenader'

Indo-European reconstruction: gʷʰiH-l-eh₂ (gʷiH-l-eh₂??)

Comments: If the alternative etymology is correct, žìla is cognate with Skt. jiyā́ `tendon' [f], Gk. βιός `tendon, string of a bow'

, MW gieu `sinews, tendons' [Nom p]

Other cognates:

Lat. fīlum `thread' [n];

Arm. jiɫ `sinew'