Where does “шпинат” come from?
шпинат (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Spinat, from Middle High German spināt, from Medieval Latin spinachium, from Spanish espinaca, from Andalusian Arabic إِسْبِنَاخ, from Arabic إسفاناخ, from Persian اسفناج — spinach.
шпинат (Serbo-Croatian): spinach
Ancestry of “шпинат”, step by step