sile

sile · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*ḱsewl-
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*sūliz“beam, post, column, pillar”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*sūli
4. Old English · inherited fromsȳl“column, pillar, support”
5. Middle English · inherited fromsyle
6. English todaysile

From Middle English syle, from Old English sȳl (“column, pillar, support”), from Proto-West Germanic *sūli, from Proto-Germanic *sūliz (“beam, post, column, pillar”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱsewl-, *ḱswel- (“log”), from *ḱsew-, *ḱes- (“to scratch, comb”). Cognate with Dutch zuil (“pillar”), German Säule (“column, pillar”), Norwegian søyle (“pillar”), Icelandic súla (“column”), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍃 (sauls, “pillar”).

sile · verb, noun²

1. Middle Low German · derived fromsilen
2. Middle English · inherited fromsilen
3. English todaysile

From Middle English silen, sylen, from Middle Low German silen ("to let off water, filter, strain"; > Low German silen, sielen), equivalent to sie (“to filter, strain”) + -le. Cognate with German sielen (“let off water, filter”), Swedish sila (“to strain, filter, sift”), German Siel (“drain, sewer, sluice”).

sile · noun³

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*sīlą
2. Old Norse · derived fromsíl“herring”
3. Middle English · inherited from*sile
4. English todaysile

From Middle English *sile, from Old Norse síl (“herring”), from Proto-Germanic *sīlą, *sīlō (“herring”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Icelandic síld (“herring”), Norwegian and Danish sild (“herring”), dialectal Swedish sil (“young fish, fry”). Compare sild.

Sile · proper noun⁴

1. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromSìle
2. Irish · derived fromSíle
3. English todaySile

From Irish Síle and Scottish Gaelic Sìle.

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