Where does “sill” come from?
Sill comes from Middle English selle, from Old English syl, from Latin cella meaning a small room or chamber, from Proto-Indo-European sel-, ultimately from the root ḱel- meaning to conceal or cover.
sill (English): A horizontal slat which forms the base of a...
Definitions
- A horizontal slat which forms the base of a...
Ancestry of “sill”, step by step
sill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.