Where does “שפּין” come from?
שפּין (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German spinne, from Old High German spinna.
שפּין (Yiddish): spider
Ancestry of “שפּין”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | spinne | — |
| 2 | Old High German | spinna | — |