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Short for silly.

English surname, variant of Silvester (from Sylvester) and Silvano.

From Middle English sille, selle, sülle, from Old English syll, syl (“sill, threshold, foundation, base, basis”), from Proto-Germanic *sulī (“bar, sill”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *swel- (“beam, board, frame, threshold”). Cognate with Scots sil, sill (“balk, beam, floor, sill”), Dutch zulle (“sill”), Low German Sull, Sülle (“threshold, ramp, sill”), German Süll, Sülle (“threshold, sill”), Danish syld (“base of a framework building”), Swedish syll (“joist, cross-tie”), Norwegian syll, Icelandic syll, sylla (“sill”). Related also to German Schwelle ( > Danish svelle), Old Norse svill, Latin silva (“wood, forest”), Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē).

Compare sile.

Compare thill.

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bashkir: тәҙрә төбө (təźrə töbö) — base of a window
• Bulgarian: перва́з (perváz) — base of a window
• Catalan: ampit — base of a window
• Czech: parapet — base of a window
• Dutch: vensterbank — base of a window
• Finnish: ikkunalauta — base of a window
• French: rebord — base of a window
• Galician: piar — base of a window
• Galician: peitoril — base of a window
• Galician: soleira — base of a window
• German: Fensterbank — base of a window
• German: Sims — base of a window
• German: Fensterbrett — base of a window
• German: Brüstung — base of a window
• German: Fensterbrüstung — base of a window
• Greek: περβάζι (pervázi) — base of a window
• Hungarian: párkány — base of a window
• Irish: tairseach — base of a window
• Italian: davanzale — base of a window
• Latvian: palodze — base of a window
• Lithuanian: palangė — base of a window
• Macedonian: пе́рваз (pérvaz) — base of a window
• Macedonian: симс (sims) — base of a window
• Māori: pehipehi — base of a window
• Marathi: तळसरी (taḷasrī) — base of a window
• Norwegian: vinduskarm — base of a window
• Polish: parapet — base of a window
• Polish: podokiennik — base of a window
• Portuguese: parapeito — base of a window
• Romanian: pervaz — base of a window
• Russian: подоко́нник (podokónnik) — base of a window
• Scottish Gaelic: sòla — base of a window
• Slovak: parapet — base of a window
• Spanish: alféizar — base of a window
• Spanish: antepecho — base of a window
• Spanish: parapeto — base of a window
• Swahili: bado — base of a window
• Catalan: llindar — horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame
• Finnish: palkki — horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame
• French: linteau — horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame
• Galician: lintel — horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame
• German: Schwelle — horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame
• German: Fachwerkschwelle — horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame
• German: Fussschwelle — horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame
• German: Fußschwelle — horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame
• Greek: κατώφλι (katófli) — horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame
• Italian: soletta — horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame
• Māori: paepae — horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame
• Polish: podwalina — horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame
• Portuguese: lintel — horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame
• Russian: ле́жень (léženʹ) — horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame
• Spanish: dintel — horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame
• Swahili: bado — horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame
• Finnish: kerrosjuoni — layer of igneous rock
• German: Lagergang — layer of igneous rock
• German: Sill — layer of igneous rock
• Greek: στρωματοειδής φλέβα (stromatoeidís fléva) — layer of igneous rock
• Hungarian: teleptelér — layer of igneous rock
• Irish: urlár — layer of igneous rock
• Latin: sillus — layer of igneous rock
• Polish: sill — layer of igneous rock
• Russian: силл (sill) — layer of igneous rock
• Spanish: lámina — layer of igneous rock
• Bulgarian: праг (prag) — threshold or brink across the bottom of the upper canal lock
• Finnish: pohjakynnys — threshold or brink across the bottom of the upper canal lock
• Finnish: kynnys — threshold or brink across the bottom of the upper canal lock
• German: Drempel — threshold or brink across the bottom of the upper canal lock
• German: Bodenstufe — threshold or brink across the bottom of the upper canal lock