Yiddish דרייען

← German drehen (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *þrēaną (inherited)

← Middle High German (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *þrāan (inherited)

← Old High German drāen (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (derived)

→ English dreidel (blend)

→ Yiddish דריידל (suffix)