Where does “בין” come from?

בין (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German bine, from Old High German bini, from Proto-West Germanic *bini — bee.

בין (Yiddish): bee; first-person singular present of זײַן

Definitions

  1. bee; first-person singular present of זײַן

Ancestry of “בין”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanbine—
2Old High Germanbini—
3Proto-West Germanic*binibee

Words derived from “בין”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *bini →Every word from Old High German bini →Every word from Middle High German bine →