Where does “dzīslene” come from?
dzīslene (Latvian) comes from Latvian dzīsla, from Proto-Baltic gīsla, from Proto-Balto-Slavic gīˀ(s)lāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European gʷiH- — bowstring.
dzīslene (Latvian): choroid
Ancestry of “dzīslene”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latvian | dzīsla | blood vessel; leaf vein; vein |
| 2 | Proto-Baltic | gīsla | — |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | gīˀ(s)lāˀ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷiH- | bowstring |