How do you say SOVL in your language?
How do you say SOVL in your language?
ALma
SJÆL
njiwani
pic related
ZIEL
Psychi
själ
siela
Âme
Anima
AL-ma
Dusza
Funny thing - German word for breathing "atmen" is related to the Sanskrit Vedic concept of "atman" and also Greek word "atmos" meaning vapour
the Italian "Anima" comes from the latin "animus" (spirit) which is connected with the greek "anemos" (wind)
Derivative words: animale (animal), animare (to animate)
true blue
aLma
What about spirit
Duše
>From Middle English spirit, from Old French espirit (“spirit”), from Latin spīritus (“breath; spirit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow, breathe”).
"Spirito", from latin "Spiritus"
see also "spirare"
TL;DR it's "breath", "blow"
it's connected with soul and death if we look at the latin phrase "extremum spiritum excipere", related to the last moments of life. Ye olde pagans believed that your soul was your breath and leaved your body with your last spiritum.
Derivative words: "Spiritare" (being invaded by the evil spirit), "Spiritismo" (people pretending to talk with the dead), "Spiritoso" (someone who has a lot of spirit, witty, funny, humorous)
Makes sense
neat. never made the connection between 'atmen[v]; Atem[n]' and 'atman'. the German words don't have any spiritual meanings.
>extremum spiritum excipere
'draw one's last breath' in English