Proto-Germanic: *saidḗn, -ṓ(n); *saila-n; *sailō; *sīmēn, *sīmō, *siman; *simō; *saima-z, *saimia-z
Meaning: rope, cable, noose
Old Norse: seil f. `Seil, Band'; sīmi m. `Band, Strick'; sima n. `Tau, Seil' (norw. DN), seim-r m. `Gold' (< `Golddraht'), { NIsl seim-ur `Tau' }; seimi-r m. `Schlange (ɵula)'
Norwegian: sime
Swedish: dial. simme
Danish: dial. sime
Old English: { sāl m., f. }; ; { sāδ `Strick, Fallstrick, Schlinge' }, sāda, -an m. `cord, halter, snare'; sīma, -an m. `cord, rope'
Old Frisian: sēl; sīm n., sīma m. `snoer, touw'
East Frisian: sim `band om (een net) toe te halen'
Old Saxon: sēl n.; sīmo `Band, Strick, Fessel'
Middle Dutch: sim f. `hengelsnoer'; zeel n.; seel n. `touw'
Dutch: zeel n.; sim f. `hengelsnoer'
Old High German: seil (um 800) `Schnur, Seil, Strick, Fessel'; seid `Strick, Fallstrick, Schlinge'; seito m., seita f. `Strick, Fallstrick, Saite'
Middle High German: seil st. n. 'schnur, seil, strick, fessel'; seite st./wk. f. 'strick, schlinge, f allstrick, fessel; saite'
German: Seil n.; Saite
