*saiwalō

Runic: ᛊᚨᛁᚹᚨᛚᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈsɑi̯.wɑ.lɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

soul, life force

Etymology

Uncertain with several theories:

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.saiwalōsaiwalôz
Acc.saiwalǭsaiwalōz
Gen.saiwalōzsaiwalǫ̂
Dat.saiwalōisaiwalōmaz
Inst.saiwalōsaiwalōmiz
Voc.saiwalōsaiwalôz

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Descendants

  • *saiwalu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sēla, siela, *sēola, *siola (Old Dutch)
      • siele (Middle Dutch)
        • zeel (Limburgish)
  • *saiwalu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sēla, siela, *sēola, *siola (Old Dutch)
      • siele (Middle Dutch)
        • ziel (Dutch)
          • siel (Afrikaans)
  • *saiwalu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sāwol, sāwel, sāwal, sāul, sawl, sōwhul, sawul (Old English)
      • soule, saul, saule, souel, soul, soull, soulle, sowel, sowele, sowle, sowll, sowyl, sauele, sawlæ, sawle, sæule, sauel, saull, saulle, sawel, sawele, sawell, sawil, zaule (Middle English)
        • soul (English)
        • saul, sowel (Scots)
  • *saiwalu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sāwol, sāwel, sāwal, sāul, sawl, sōwhul, sawul (Old English)
      • sála, sál (Old Norse)
        • sál (Faroese)
        • sál (Icelandic)
        • sål (Norwegian Nynorsk)
        • selu (Old Gutnish)
  • *saiwalu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sēla (Old Frisian)
      • siel, sial (North Frisian)
      • Seele (Saterland Frisian)
      • siel (West Frisian)
  • *saiwalu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sēla (Old High German)
      • sēle (Middle High German)
        • Seel (Alemannic German)
        • Siel (Central Franconian)
        • Seele (German)
        • Séil (Luxembourgish)
        • zejł, zəjł, zyił (Vilamovian)
  • *saiwalu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sēola (Old Saxon)
      • sêle (Middle Low German)
        • Seel (Plautdietsch)
  • *saiwalu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sēola (Old Saxon)
      • sêle (Middle Low German)
        • Seel, Siel, Seele, Siele, Sele (Low German)
          • Seel (German Low German)
          • ? (Westphalian)
  • *saiwalu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sēola (Old Saxon)
      • ? (Old Norse)
        • sjæl (Danish)
        • sjel (Norwegian)
  • *saiwalu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • sēola (Old Saxon)
      • ? (Old Norse)
        • siæl, sial (Old Swedish)
          • själ (Swedish)
  • 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌰 (saiwala) (Gothic)

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