Where does “מאַשינביקס” come from?
מאַשינביקס (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish מאַשין, 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.
מאַשינביקס (Yiddish): machine gun
Definitions
- machine gun
Ancestry of “מאַשינביקס”, step by step
מאַשינביקס traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish מאַשין
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | מאַשין | machine |
| 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 Yiddish ביקס
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ביקס | rifle |
| 2 | Middle High German | bühse | a box |
| 3 | Old High German | buhsa | box |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *buhsā | — |
| 5 | Latin | buxis | a box |
| 6 | Latin | pyxis | A small box, for holding medicines or toiletries |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πυξίς | box made of boxwood, box; tablet made of boxwood;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πύξος | box tree; boxwood |