Where does “ម៉ាស៊ីនកិនស្រូវ” come from?

ម៉ាស៊ីនកិនស្រូវ (Khmer) comes from Khmer ម៉ាស៊ីន, from French machine, from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina, from Ancient Greek μαχανά, from Ancient Greek μηχανή, from Ancient Greek μῆχος, from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ- — to be able.

ម៉ាស៊ីនកិនស្រូវ (Khmer): rice mill

Definitions

rice mill

Ancestry of “ម៉ាស៊ីនកិនស្រូវ”, step by step

ម៉ាស៊ីនកិនស្រូវ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ម៉ាស៊ីន

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Khmer	ម៉ាស៊ីន	machine, motor, engine, device
2	French	machine	machine, device; machine
3	Middle French	machine	machine; device
4	Latin	māchina	contrivance
5	Ancient Greek	μαχανά	Doric form of μηχᾰνή
6	Ancient Greek	μηχανή	contrivance, machine, device, gear; way, means
7	Ancient Greek	μῆχος	means, expedient, remedy
8	Proto-Indo-European	meǵʰ-	to be able

via Khmer ស្រូវ

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Khmer	ស្រូវ	rice paddy

via Khmer កិន

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Khmer	កិន	to grind, to shell, to husk

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