Where does “mesin jahit” come from?

mesin jahit (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.

mesin jahit (Indonesian): sewing machine

Definitions

  1. sewing machine

Ancestry of “mesin jahit”, step by step

mesin jahit 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 Dutch naaimachine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchnaaimachinesewing machine
2Dutchnaaiento sew; to screw, to fuck, to have sex; to screw,...
3Middle Dutchnâyento sew
4Old Dutchnāien
5Proto-Germanicnēanąto sew
6Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₁-to spin (thread), to sew

via Indonesian jahit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianjahitto sew; to stitch
2Malayjahitto sew, to stitch
3Proto-Malayic*jahitto sew
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zaqitto sew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ-