Where does “שפּינען” come from?
שפּינען (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German spinnen, from Old High German spinnan, from Proto-West Germanic spinnan, from Proto-Germanic spinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénh₁-ne-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)penh₁- — to twist; to weave.
שפּינען (Yiddish): spin; plural of שפּין
Ancestry of “שפּינען”, step by step