- gʷheiǝ- : gʷhī-
- gʷheiǝ- : gʷhī-English meaning: vein, sinewDeutsche Übersetzung: “Ader, Sehne, Band”Material: Welsh gi-au pl. “Nerven, Sehnen”; Lith. gijà “Faden in Aufzug a Gewebes”, Ltv. dzija “ filament”, pl. Garn”; O.C.S. ži-ca ‘sinew”, Russ. dial. ží ca “Kammgarn”, Ser.-Cr. žȉ ca “ filament, Draht, cord, Saite”; die Bal.-Slav.-forms could also to gʷii̯ ǝ- belong. gʷhīslo-: Arm. jil ‘sinew, cord”; Lat. fīlum “ filament “; maybe Alb. fill “thread” [shift LI >LL] also Alb. (*gʷhīslo) glisht “finger, thin finger”? Lith. gūsla “vein, sinew, Blattrippe”, Ltv. dzîsla, dzîksla “vein” (die nasalization in žemait. gį́nsla is secondary), O.Pruss. pettegislo “Rũckenader”; but O.C.S. žila, Russ. ží ɫa, Ser.-Cr. žȉ la etc. “vein, sinew” are neologisms to ži-ca, see above.References: WP. I 670, 694, WH. I 497 f., Trautmann 87, 90.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.