Friedrich Kluge2510016An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — Siele1891John Francis Davis
Siele, f., ‘brace, strap,’ from the equiv. MidHG. sile, OHG. silo; the latter is allied to the root sī̆, ‘to bind,’ in Seil; on the MidHG. variant sil are based ModHG. Sill, n., and Sille, f.
