safe
affording protection; protected, unharmed’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. salf, saulff, saif, sailf, sayf, zaayfe, sayfe < O.F. sauf ‘protected, watched-over; assured of salvation’ < Lat. salvus ‘uninjured, in good health, safe,’ related to salus ‘good health,’ saluber ‘healthful’ < solwos < say <sol- < Tamil iṟai