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sill
sill:
[OE]
Sill
originally denoted the ‘foundation of a wall’. Not until the 15th century was it used for the ‘base of a window-frame’. It is related to German
schwelle
‘threshold’ and possibly also to English
sole
‘underside of the foot’.