Quoting%20commentary for Kilayim 9:8

אֵין אָסוּר מִשּׁוּם כִּלְאַיִם אֶלָּא טָווּי וְאָרוּג, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים כב) לֹא תִלְבַּשׁ שַׁעַטְנֵז, דָּבָר שֶׁהוּא שׁוּעַ טָווּי וָנוּז. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן אֶלְעָזָר אוֹמֵר, נָלוֹז וּמֵלִּיז הוּא אֶת אָבִיו שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַיִם עָלָיו:

Only that which is spun or woven is prohibited under the laws of <i>kilayim</i>, for it is written "you shall not wear <i>Sha'atnez</i> (Devarim 22:11), [The word <i>Sha'atnez</i> is composed of the words] <i>Shu'a</i> combed, <i>Tavui</i> spun and <i>nuz</i> woven. Rabbi Shimon ben Eleazar says, [The word <i>Sha'atnez</i> suggests, that whoever wears <i>Sha'atnez</i>], <i>naluz</i> [is estranged] and <i>meliz</i> [he estranges] his father in heaven against him.

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