Where does “chyle” come from?

chyle (Lower Sorbian) comes from Lower Sorbian chyliś, from Proto-Slavic xyliti — to contort, to succumb to give away under pressure.

chyle (Lower Sorbian): third-person plural present of chyliś

Definitions

  1. third-person plural present of chyliś

Ancestry of “chyle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Sorbianchyliśto bend, incline
2Proto-Slavicxylitito contort, to succumb to give away under pressure
Every word from Proto-Slavic xyliti →Every word from Lower Sorbian chyliś →