Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/saiwalu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *saiwalō.

Noun

*saiwalu f

1. soul

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*saiwalu
Genitive	*saiwalā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*saiwalu	*saiwalō
Accusative	*saiwalā	*saiwalā
Genitive	*saiwalā	*saiwalō
Dative	*saiwalē	*saiwalōm, *saiwalum
Instrumental	*saiwalu	*saiwalōm, *saiwalum

Derived terms

• *saiwalōn

Descendants

• Old English: sāwol, sāwel, sāwal, sāul, sawl, sōwhul, sawul
  • Middle English: soule, saul, saule, souel, soul, soull, soulle, sowel, sowele, sowle, sowll, sowyl, sauele, sawlæ, sawle, sæule (Early Middle English), sauel, saull, saulle, sawel, sawele, sawell, sawil, sawle (Northern), zaule (Kent)
    • English: soul (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: saul
  • → Old Norse: sála, sál
    • Icelandic: sál
    • Faroese: sál
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: sål
    • Old Gutnish: selu
• Old Frisian: sēla
  • North Frisian: siel, sial
  • Saterland Frisian: Seele
  • West Frisian: siel
• Old Saxon: sēola
  • Middle Low German: sêle
    • Low German:
      • German Low German: Seel
      • Westphalian:

        Sauerländisch: Siäle, Säile, Saile, Sǟle

        Westmünsterländisch: Seele, Sääle

    • Plautdietsch: Seel
  • → Old Norse:
    • Norwegian: sjel
    • Old Swedish: siæl, sial
      • Swedish: själ
    • Danish: sjæl
• Old Dutch: sēla
  • Middle Dutch: siele
    • Dutch: ziel
      • Afrikaans: siel
    • Limburgish: zeel
• Old High German: sēla
  • Middle High German: sēle
    • Alemannic German: Seel
    • Central Franconian: Siel
    • German: Seele
    • Luxembourgish: Séil
    • Vilamovian: zejł