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Where does “בין” come from?

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

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*bini—

Words derived from “בין”

  • פֿערדבין
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