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Proto-Germanic: *sail=; *sil-ē- vb.; *sīla-z, *sīlō(n), *sila-n
Meaning: slowly flowing water
Gothic: *ana-silan wk. `cease, grow calm'
Old Norse: sil n. `langsam fliessendes Wasser'
Norwegian: sila, sela `tröpfeln'; sel
Swedish: dial. sīla `langsam strömen'; dial. sil, sel
Old English: sioloɵ `See'; ? sālnes st. f. `Schweigen'
Old Frisian: sīl m. `Wasserlauf'
East Frisian: sīl `Schleuse'
Middle Dutch: sīle f., sijl f., m. `waretloop, sluis'
Dutch: zijl m.
Middle Low German: sīl `Schleuse, Ablaufkanal, Kloake', sīlen `drainieren'; sīl m. `waterloop, sluis, riool'
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Proto-IE: *seil-
Meaning: windless, quiet, slow
Latin: sileō, -ēre, -uī `ruhen, aufhören'
Celtic: MIr silid `druppelt, stroomt'
Russ. meaning: безветренный, тихий, вялотекущий
References: WP II 459 f
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Proto-Baltic: *seîl-ā̂ f.
Meaning: swoon
Lithuanian: síela, sielà (dial.) 'Ohnmacht, Schwachheit'
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