Where does “Baldachinspinne” come from?

Baldachinspinne (German) comes from German Baldachin, from French baldaquin, from Middle French baldekin, from Italian baldacchino, from Italian Baldacca, from Arabic بغداد, from Arabic بَغْدَاد, from Persian بغداد.

Baldachinspinne (German): sheet weaver, money spider

Definitions

  1. sheet weaver, money spider

Ancestry of “Baldachinspinne”, step by step

Baldachinspinne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Baldachin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBaldachincanopy, dais
2Frenchbaldaquinbaldaquin, canopy
3Middle Frenchbaldekin
4Italianbaldacchinocanopy; baldaquin
5ItalianBaldaccaBaghdad
6Arabicبغداد
7Arabicبَغْدَاد
8Persianبغداد
9Middle Persian𐭡𐭢𐭣𐭲

via German spinne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspinnefirst-person singular indicative present of...
2Middle High Germanspinne
3Old High Germanspinna
Every word from Middle Persian 𐭡𐭢𐭣𐭲Every word from Persian بغدادEvery word from Arabic بَغْدَاد