sile

Meanings

Noun

• A column; pillar.
• A beam; rafter; one of the principal rafters of a building.
• The foot or lower part of a couple or rafter; base.
• A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair.
• A sieve.
• A strainer or colander for liquids
• That which is sifted or strained, hence, settlings; sediment; filth.
• A young herring.

Verb

• To strain, as milk; pass through a strainer or anything similar; filter.
• To flow down; drip; drop; fall; sink.
• To settle down; calm or compose oneself.
• To go; pass.
• To boil gently; simmer.
• To pour with rain.

Origin

• 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-, from *ḱsew-, *ḱes-.
• Cognate with Dutch zuil ("pillar"), German Säule ("column, pillar"), Norwegian sul ("pillar"), Icelandic súla ("column"), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐍃 ("pillar").
• , equivalent to sie + -le. Cognate with German sielen ("let off water, filter"), Swedish sila ("to strain, filter, sift"), German Siel ("drain, sewer, sluice").
• From Middle English *sile, from Old Norse síl, from Proto-Germanic *sīlą, *sīlō, of unknown origin. Cognate with Icelandic síld ("herring"), Norwegian and Danish sild ("herring"), dialectal Swedish sil ("young fish, fry"). Compare sild.