sawol

Old English

Alternative forms

sawel, sawal, saul, sowhul, saƿol

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *saiwalō. Cognate with Old Frisian sēla (West Frisian siel), Old Saxon sēola (Low German Seel), Old Dutch sēla (Dutch ziel), Old High German sēla (German Seele), Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌰 (saiwala). Further etymology uncertain, though the word corresponds formally with Greek αιολος (aiolos, “quick-moving”), Albanian gjallë (“alive”) and Russian си́ла (síla, “strength”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːwol/, [ˈsɑːwoɫ]

Noun

sāwol f (nominative plural sāwla)

soul
the intellectual or immortal principle in man

Declension

Declension of sawol

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sāwol	sāwla
accusative	sāwle	sāwla
genitive	sāwle	sāwla
dative	sāwle	sāwlum

Descendants

Middle English: sawle, sowle
- English: soul
- Scots: saul
→ Old Norse: sála, sál
- Icelandic: sál
- Faroese: sál
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sål
- Old Gutnish: selu

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