בין 2
'(I) am'
See infinitive זײַן

ETYMOLOGY

I. Proto-Yiddish ✱bin; Proto-EY ✱bin; from MHG bin; cf. NHG bin.
Protovowel I1.
II. MHG bin; from OHG bim.
III. The verb 'to be' in Germanic languages is suppletive, combining forms from three different PIE verbs. The form בין (MHG bin) is from PIE root ✱bheu- 'become, grow'.

CENTRAL

bᵻɲ giɛfuu̯n fᵻn ɔrɛt tsᵻm ɔrt בין געפֿאָרן פֿון אָרט צום אָרט {Warsaw, Geller 2001: 159}

NORTHEASTERN

{זאַמעט} בין (קורצער וואָקאַל)