Where does “шпи́лька” come from?

шпи́лька (Russian) comes from Russian шпиль, from German Spill, from Middle Low German spille, from German spinnila, from Proto-West Germanic spinnilu, from Proto-West Germanic spinnan, from Proto-Germanic spinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénh₁-ne- — to twist; to weave.

шпи́лька (Russian): hairpin

Definitions

  1. hairpin

Ancestry of “шпи́лька”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianшпильspire, steeple, spike
2GermanSpillcapstan
3Middle Low Germanspille—
4Germanspinnila—
5Proto-West Germanicspinniluspindle
6Proto-West Germanicspinnanto spin
7Proto-Germanicspinnanąto spin
8Proto-Indo-European(s)pénh₁-ne-—
9Proto-Indo-European(s)penh₁-to twist; to weave

Words derived from “шпи́лька”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)penh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénh₁-ne- →Every word from Proto-Germanic spinnaną →