Tag: Germanic languages

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  March 26, 2016

  Remembrance of the Gods: What the Origin of the Term Soul in English Reveals

  Origin of Soul and Spirit in English In our English, the sawol (from saiwalō; Proto-Germanic origins) or soul meant life, animate existence, living being, or the spiritual and emotional part of a being. Around 971, this term also referred to the “spirit” of a deceased person. The terms “soul” and “spirit” became in the English confusedly synonymous and passed down…