Where does “Vollwaschmittel” come from?

Vollwaschmittel (German) comes from German Waschmittel, from German mittel, from Middle High German mittel, from Old High German mittil, from Proto-Germanic midlą, from Proto-Germanic midjō, from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos, from Proto-Indo-European medʰi- — in the middle of, near, by, around, with.

Vollwaschmittel (German): laundry detergent containing bleach, especially...

Definitions

  1. laundry detergent containing bleach, especially...

Ancestry of “Vollwaschmittel”, step by step

Vollwaschmittel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Waschmittel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWaschmittellaundry detergent
2Germanmittelmiddle, in the middle; average, middling
3Middle High Germanmittel—
4Old High Germanmittil—
5Proto-Germanicmidląmiddle
6Proto-Germanicmidjōmiddle, midst
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmédʰyosmiddle
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmedʰi-with, among; with, along
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmein the middle of, near, by, around, with

via German voll

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanvollfull; filled; full; drunk
2Middle High Germanvol—
3Old High Germanfollfull
4Proto-West Germanicfullfull
5Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European me →Every word from Proto-Indo-European medʰi- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos →