Where does “Trockenreinigung” come from?

Trockenreinigung (German) comes from German trocken, from German -en, from Middle High German -en, from Old High German -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

Trockenreinigung (German): dry cleaning

Definitions

  1. dry cleaning

Ancestry of “Trockenreinigung”, step by step

Trockenreinigung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German trocken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germantrockendry
2German-enA suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A...
3Middle High German-en—
4Old High German-īn—
5Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via German Reinigung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanReinigungcleaning, cleansing, purification; dry cleaner
2German-ung-ing; "forms nouns from verbs, usually describing...
3Middle High German-ung—
4Old High German-unga-ing
5Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →