dvēsele

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Latvian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes- (to breathe; breath, spirit, soul).

Cognate with Lithuanian dvėselė (soul; (dialectal) strength) as well as more distantly daũsios and dvėsti; Slavic *dušà and *dȗxъ; Gaulish dusios; and English deer (originally "living thing" < "soul").

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Noun

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dvēsele f (5th declension)

  1. (theology) soul

Declension

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References

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  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “dvėselė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 149