Where does “wolwinkel” come from?

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

wolwinkel (Afrikaans): wool store

Definitions

  1. wool store

Ancestry of “wolwinkel”, step by step

wolwinkel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans winkel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaanswinkelA shop
2Dutchwinkelshop; corner, as in winkelhaak
3Middle Dutchwinkelcorner
4Old Dutchwinkel—
5Proto-West Germanic*winkilsomething bent, twisted
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwenǵ-neck, cheek

via Proto-Indo-European wol-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwol-warm; to be strong, rule
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwel-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wenǵ- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *winkil →Every word from Old Dutch winkel →