Where does “mašina” come from?

mašina (Ingrian) comes from Russian маши́на, from German Maschine, 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.

mašina (Ingrian): car

Definitions

  1. car

Ancestry of “mašina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianмаши́наmotor vehicle, machine; machine
2GermanMaschinemachine; engine; airplane
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 “mašina”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ- →Every word from Ancient Greek μῆχος →Every word from Ancient Greek μηχανή →