sile

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/saɪl/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: syle

Herdado de Old English: sȳl

Relativo a neerlandés: zuil

Relativo a alemán: Säule

Relativo a noruegués: søyle

Relativo a islandés: súla

Relativo a Gothic: 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍃

Herdado de Middle English: silen

Relativo a baixo alemán: silen

Relativo a alemán: sielen

Relativo a sueco: sila

Relativo a alemán: Siel

Herdado de Middle English: *sile

Relativo a islandés: síld

Relativo a noruegués: -

Relativo a dinamarqués: sild

Relativo a sueco: 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”).