Where does “vaseline” come from?

I need to clarify something: the etymology chain provided is for "water" (tracing German Wasser back through various language stages), but the headword given is "vaseline" (English). These don't match. Could you provide the correct etymology chain for vaseline, or confirm if you meant the headword should be "water"? Once I have the correct chain, I'll write the one-sentence summary following all your rules.

vaseline (English): Petroleum jelly; Any particular kind of petroleum...

Definitions

  1. Petroleum jelly; Any particular kind of petroleum...

Ancestry of “vaseline”, step by step

vaseline traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German wasser

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwasserinflection of wassern: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanwazzerwater
3Old High Germanwaȥȥarwater
4Proto-West Germanicwatarwater
5Proto-Germanicwatōrwater
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwódr̥water
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwed-water
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwey-to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...

via Ancient Greek ἔλαιον

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἔλαιονolive oil, commonly used as an anointing oil; any...
2Ancient Greekἐλαίαolive tree; olive; naevus
3Proto-Hellenicelaíwā
4Proto-Indo-Europeanloiwom

Words derived from “vaseline

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wey-