Where does “ម៉ាស៊ីនបោកគក់” come from?

ម៉ាស៊ីនបោកគក់ (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.

ម៉ាស៊ីនបោកគក់ (Khmer): washing machine

Definitions

  1. washing machine

Ancestry of “ម៉ាស៊ីនបោកគក់”, step by step

ម៉ាស៊ីនបោកគក់ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khmer ម៉ាស៊ីន

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerម៉ាស៊ីនmachine, motor, engine, device
2Frenchmachinemachine, device; machine
3Middle Frenchmachinemachine; device
4Latinmāchinacontrivance
5Ancient GreekμαχανάDoric form of μηχᾰνή
6Ancient Greekμηχανήcontrivance, machine, device, gear; way, means
7Ancient Greekμῆχοςmeans, expedient, remedy
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-to be able

via Khmer បោកគក់

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerបោកគក់to wash clothes, to do laundry
2Khmerបោកto beat, to smash, to throw violently
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ-Every word from Ancient Greek μῆχοςEvery word from Ancient Greek μηχανή