Where does “alat tenun mesin” come from?

alat tenun mesin (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian mesin, 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.

alat tenun mesin (Indonesian): mechanized loom

Definitions

  1. mechanized loom

Ancestry of “alat tenun mesin”, step by step

alat tenun mesin traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian mesin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianmesinmachine; engine
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

via Indonesian tenun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantenunto weave
2Malaytenunto weave
3Proto-Malayic*tənun
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*tənunto weave (cloth)
5Proto-Austronesian*tənunto weave (cloth)

via Indonesian alat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianalattool, instrument
2Malayalattool
3Arabicآلَةinstrument, tool
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ-
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