Feminine

ziel

Meaning

(feminine) soul (animate principle in non-materialist anthropologies)
(feminine) sound post

deze of gene

ψυχή

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/zil/

Inherited from Middle Dutch

Inherited from Old Dutch

Cognate with Old Saxon

Cognate with German

Cognate with Low German

Cognate with Western Frisian

Cognate with English

In summary

From Middle Dutch siele, from Old Dutch *siola, contraction of an earlier *sēola (compare Old Saxon sēola), from Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu, from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō. The attested Old Dutch form sēla, with a different form of contraction, would have led to modern Dutch *zeel as in German Seele. Further cognate with Low German Seel, West Frisian siel, English soul.

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Feminine

ziel

Meaning

Concepts

Synonyms

Translations

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/zil/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch

siele