sile
English
/saɪl/
noun
Definitions
- (now) A column; pillar.
- (now) A beam; rafter; one of the principal rafters of a building.
- (now) The foot or lower part of a couple or rafter; base.
- (now) A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English syle inherited from Old English sȳl (column, pillar, support) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sūliz (pillar, column, beam, post) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱsewl-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱsewl-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- desilt English
- silt English
- siltation English
- siltstone English
- silty English
- Litfaßsäule German
- Säule German
- Säulendiagramm German
- Säulenkopf German
- Wassersäule German
- Wirbelsäule German
- Zapfsäule German
- säulenförmig German
- eerzuil Dutch, Flemish
- erezuil Dutch, Flemish
- minizuil Dutch, Flemish
- verzuiling Dutch, Flemish
- zuil Dutch, Flemish
- zuilengalerij Dutch, Flemish
- *ḱsewl- Proto-Indo-European
- silt Norwegian Bokmål
- søyle Norwegian Bokmål
- *sūliz Proto-Germanic
- silt Norwegian Nynorsk
- søyle Norwegian Nynorsk
- syl Old English
- sȳl Old English
- silte Middle English
- syle Middle English
- sufl Old Norse
- súla Old Norse
- sule Danish
- søjle Danish
- broddsúla Icelandic
- marksúla Icelandic
- súla Icelandic
- súlukóngur Icelandic
- suul Middle Dutch
- sūl Old High German
- Sail Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍃 Gothic
- *sūli gmw-pro
- sul Norwegian