Where does “winkel” come from?

winkel (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch winkel, from Middle Dutch winkel, from Old Dutch winkel, from Proto-West Germanic *winkil, from Proto-Indo-European wenǵ- — neck, cheek.

winkel (Afrikaans): A shop

Definitions

  1. A shop

Ancestry of “winkel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwinkelshop; corner, as in winkelhaak
2Middle Dutchwinkelcorner
3Old Dutchwinkel—
4Proto-West Germanic*winkilsomething bent, twisted
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwenǵ-neck, cheek

Words derived from “winkel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wenǵ- →