GI Government Issue

to play Soldat is a Sacrifice Ritual

Sold means 

 literally "one having pay," from Late Latin soldum, extended sense of accusative of Latin solidus, As "one who obeys the commands of and contends in the cause of another,"
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=soldat

but the thing goes deeper or further back, 

Sol means 

the sun personified, late 14c. (it also is attested in Old English), from Old French and Latin sol "the sun, sunlight," 
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=sol

and dat goes to death 

it means sun death or death for the sun, which is nothing as sun-worship and then offering the sacrifice to the Sun!