From Dutch ziel, from Middle Dutch siele, from Old Dutch sēla, from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō.

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siel (plural siele, diminutive sieltjie)

1. soul

From Arabic سَأَلَ (saʔala, “to ask”). Compare Moroccan Arabic سال (sāl, “to be owed money”).

• IPA^(key): /sɪːl/
• Rhymes: -ɪːl

siel (imperfect jsil, past participle misul, verbal noun tisjil)

1. to be owed money

Borrowed from Tok Pisin sel, from English sail, from Middle English saile, from Proto-Germanic *seglą.

siel

1. sail
2. tent

• Firchow, Irwin; Firchow, Jacqueline; Akoitai, David (1973), Vocabulary of Rotokas - Pidgin - English‎^[1], Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 101

From Old Frisian sēla, from Proto-West Germanic *saiwalu, from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.əl/

siel c (plural sielen, diminutive sieltsje)

1. soul

• “siel”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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