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From the verb vīt(“to twist, to wind, to wreathe”) (q.v.) + -e (with an extra element -l). The orginial meaning was probably “something (that was) wound” (compare Lithuanianvielà “wire” < “something wound”), from which also “something sewn.”[1]
kreisajos deniņos, kur mati bija tālu atkāpusies, ārsts sataustīja cietu rētas vīli ― on the left temple, where the hair had receded far, the doctor felt a hard line-like scar
tiešām, tas bija vecs cilvēks, kurš te sēdēja uz Maijas gultas, tumšās vīlēs sastrādātās rokas klēpī salicis ― indeed, it was an old man who sat on Maija's bed, his hands, full of dark line-like bruises from work, placed on (his) lap
kas būtu mūsu Latvija bez kokiem, bez birztalām, bez silu zilām vīlēm? — what would our Latvia be without trees, without groves, without the blue stripes of pine forests?
mēness aiz mākoņiem uzlēcis; lauku ceļu vīles labi saskātamas ― the moon rose behind the clouds; the stripes of the field roads (became) clearly visible
