pettegislo

Old Prussian

Etymology

Compound pette-gislo. The second part is from Proto-Balto-Slavic *giʔ(s)laʔ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷiHl-. Cognate with Lithuanian gýsla (“vein”), Latvian dzīsla (“vein”) and Common Slavic *žila (“vein, tendon”).

Noun

pettegislo

  1. vein in the back
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