Where does “ŝpinado” come from?

ŝpinado (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto ŝpini, from Yiddish שפּינען, from Middle High German spinnen, from Old High German spinnan, from Proto-West Germanic spinnan, from Proto-Germanic spinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénh₁-ne-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)penh₁- — to twist; to weave.

ŝpinado (Esperanto): spinning (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread)

Definitions

  1. spinning (process of converting fibres into yarn or thread)

Ancestry of “ŝpinado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoŝpinito spin (to make yarn)
2Yiddishשפּינעןspin; plural of שפּין
3Middle High Germanspinnen
4Old High Germanspinnan
5Proto-West Germanicspinnanto spin
6Proto-Germanicspinnanąto spin
7Proto-Indo-European(s)pénh₁-ne-
8Proto-Indo-European(s)penh₁-to twist; to weave
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)penh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénh₁-ne-Every word from Proto-Germanic spinnaną