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'
