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From Dutch ziel, from Middle Dutch siele, from Old Dutch sēla, from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō.
siel (plural siele, diminutive sieltjie)
From Arabic سَأَلَ (saʔala, “to ask”). Compare Moroccan Arabic سال (sāl, “to be owed money”).
siel (imperfect jsil, past participle misul, verbal noun tisjil)
Borrowed from Tok Pisin sel, from English sail, from Middle English saile, from Proto-Germanic *seglą.
siel
- 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.