sile

(Engels)

Noun

1. (dialectal) A column; pillar.
2. (dialectal) A beam; rafter; one of the principal rafters of a building.
3. (dialectal) The foot or lower part of a couple or rafter; base.
4. (dialectal) A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair.

Verb

1. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter.
2. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To flow down; drip; drop; fall; sink.
3. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To settle down; calm or compose oneself.
4. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To go; pass.
5. (UK, dialectal, intransitive) To boil gently; simmer.
6. (Northern-England, UK, dialectal, intransitive) To pour with rain.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/saɪl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: syle

Geërf van Old English: sȳl

Verwante met Nederlands: zuil

Verwante met Duits: Säule

Verwante met Noors: søyle

Verwante met Yslands: súla

Verwante met Goties: 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍃

Geërf van Middle English: silen

Verwante met Nederduits: silen

Verwante met Duits: sielen

Verwante met Sweeds: sila

Verwante met Duits: Siel

Geërf van Middle English: *sile

Verwante met Yslands: síld

Verwante met Noors: -

Verwante met Deens: sild

Verwante met Sweeds: sil

In summary

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”).