dzīsla

Etymology
From (or perhaps  ), from,  (<  “to live”) with an extra -la (ancient Indo-European cultures often linked the idea of “life”, “being alive” with visible blood vessels and tendons).

Cognates include 🇨🇬, the second half of 🇨🇬 (cf. ), 🇨🇬, (🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬 (<  < ) “thread, yarn, fiber, tendon, vein”.

Noun

 * 1)  blood vessel vein, artery
 * 2)  leaf vein part of the leaf vascular system or venation
 * 3)  vein a rock-filled crack or fissure on the Earth's crust
 * 4)  sinew, tendon fibrous tissue connecting a muscle to its bone
 * 1)  vein a rock-filled crack or fissure on the Earth's crust
 * 2)  sinew, tendon fibrous tissue connecting a muscle to its bone
 * 1)  vein a rock-filled crack or fissure on the Earth's crust
 * 2)  sinew, tendon fibrous tissue connecting a muscle to its bone
 * 1)  sinew, tendon fibrous tissue connecting a muscle to its bone
 * 1)  sinew, tendon fibrous tissue connecting a muscle to its bone
 * 1)  sinew, tendon fibrous tissue connecting a muscle to its bone

Usage notes
In the sense of "blood vessel", is a non-technical, colloquial word, more likely to be found in emotive or poetic expressions while  and  are more technical and typical of scientific discourse (like English  when compared to ).