Old Prussian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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pettegislo

  1. vein in the back