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
Ancestry of “נייען”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | nāian | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | nēaną | to sew |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)neh₁- | to spin , to sew |
Words derived from “נייען”