Where does “bagr” come from?

bagr (Czech) comes from Dutch baggermachine, from Dutch machine, from French machine, from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina, from Ancient Greek μαχανά, from Ancient Greek μηχανή, from Ancient Greek μῆχος — to be able.

bagr (Czech): excavator digging machine

Definitions

  1. excavator digging machine

Ancestry of “bagr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbaggermachinea mud dredge, dredger, mud excavator
2Dutchmachinemachine mechanical or electrical device
3Frenchmachinemachine, device; machine
4Middle Frenchmachinemachine; device
5Latinmāchinacontrivance
6Ancient GreekμαχανάDoric form of μηχᾰνή
7Ancient Greekμηχανήcontrivance, machine, device, gear; way, means
8Ancient Greekμῆχοςmeans, expedient, remedy
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-to be able

Words derived from “bagr

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ-