Where does “ים־נאָדל” come from?

ים־נאָדל (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish נאָדל, from Middle High German nādele, from Old High German nādala, from Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu, from Proto-Germanic nēþlō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin (thread), to sew.

ים־נאָדל (Yiddish): pipefish

Definitions

  1. pipefish

Ancestry of “ים־נאָדל”, step by step

ים־נאָדל traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish נאָדל

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishנאָדלneedle
2Middle High Germannādele—
3Old High Germannādalaneedle
4Proto-West Germanic*nāþluneedle
5Proto-Germanicnēþlōneedle
6Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew

via Yiddish ים

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishיםsea, ocean
2Hebrewיםsea, ocean; west; a lot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēþlō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu →