artery: muscular-walled tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed from the heart to all parts of the body.
-Oxford English Dictionary

Ojibwe: gimiskweyaab(iin) (your artery)

Old English: gēotend-ǣder, f.n: vein, artery. (YAY-oh-tend-ADD-er / ˈjeːɔ-tɛnd-ˌæː-dɛr)

from Greek arteria "windpipe," also "an artery," as distinct from a vein; related to aeirein "to raise" (see aorta).from Greek arteria "windpipe," also "an artery," as distinct from a vein; related to aeirein "to raise" (see aorta).

14c.-16c. artery in English also could mean "trachea, windpipe."

possibly from PIE root *wer- (1) "raise, lift, hold suspended."
-Etymology Online

from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (artēríā, “windpipe; artery”).

from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wér-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer-.
-Wikipedia

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