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Natively connected to Imperial Aramaic𐡎𐡐𐡍𐡀(sp̄enā, “plank”) because a ship is planked, which is itself however an obscure word. As well as it has passed into other Semitic languages – due to the sound-correspondences of the first consonant cognateship is unlikely – and is declined irregularly, and the spirantization of or presence of a dagesh in the middle consonant in the Aramaic word seems to vary, a borrowed culture-word of the Euphrates.
Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19), Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 48 note 86
Wagner, Max (1966) Die lexikalischen und grammatikalischen Aramaismen im alttestamentlichen Hebräisch (Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft; 96) (in German), Berlin: Alfred Töpelmann, →ISBN, page 88
“spn2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
“ˀspnˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
“spynh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
“ספינתא”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD), volume 15, S, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1984, page 164