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Where does “נייען” come from?

נייען (Yiddish) comes from Old High German nāian, from Proto-Germanic nēaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₁- — to spin , to sew.

נייען (Yiddish): sew

Definitions

  1. sew

Ancestry of “נייען”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germannāian—
2Proto-Germanicnēanąto sew
3Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin , to sew

Words derived from “נייען”

  • ניימאַשין
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