shpilkes

The story

1. Late Latin · derived fromspīnula“little thorn”
2. Italian · derived fromspilla
3. Yiddish · borrowed fromשפּילקעס“needles”
4. English todayshpilkes

Borrowed from Yiddish שפּילקעס (shpilkes, “needles”), ultimately from a Slavic term such as Polish szpilka, which comes from Italian spilla, from Late Latin spīnula (“little thorn”).