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Where does “שטויבמאַשין” come from?

שטויבמאַשין (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-.

שטויבמאַשין (Yiddish): vacuum cleaner

Definitions

  1. vacuum cleaner

Ancestry of “שטויבמאַשין”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishמאַשיןmachine
2Frenchmachinemachine, device; machine
3Middle Frenchmachinemachine; device
4Latinmāchina—
5Ancient GreekμαχανάDoric form of μηχᾰνή
6Ancient Greekμηχανήcontrivance, machine, device, gear; way, means
7Ancient Greekμῆχοςmeans, expedient, remedy
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-—
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