Where does “Unkrautvernichtungsmittel” come from?

Unkrautvernichtungsmittel (German) comes from German Unkrautvernichtung, from German Vernichtung, from German vernichten, from Middle High German vernihten, from Middle High German nihten, from Middle High German niht, from Old High German niwiht, from Old High German nio — vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning.

Unkrautvernichtungsmittel (German): weedkiller

Definitions

  1. weedkiller

Ancestry of “Unkrautvernichtungsmittel”, step by step

Unkrautvernichtungsmittel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Unkrautvernichtung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanUnkrautvernichtungweed control
2GermanVernichtungdestruction; annihilation, extinction
3Germanvernichtento destroy; to ruin; to wreck; to annihilate; to...
4Middle High Germanvernihten
5Middle High Germannihten
6Middle High Germannihtnot
7Old High Germanniwiht
8Old High Germannionever
9Old High Germanioalways
10Proto-West Germanicaiwlong time, age, eternity; law
11Proto-Germanicaiwazlong time, age, eternity
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eyu-vitality; eternal; vital force, life, long life,...
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ey-vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning

via German mittel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanmittelmiddle, in the middle; average, middling
2Middle High Germanmittel
3Old High Germanmittil
4Proto-Germanicmidląmiddle
5Proto-Germanicmidjōmiddle, midst
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰyosmiddle
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰi-with, among; with, along
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eyu-Every word from Proto-Germanic aiwaz