Where does “bacovewinkel” come from?

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

bacovewinkel (Dutch): a roadside stall selling bananas

Definitions

  1. a roadside stall selling bananas

Ancestry of “bacovewinkel”, step by step

bacovewinkel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch winkel

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

via Dutch bacove

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbacovebanana
2Portuguesepacovabanana
3Old Tupipakobabanana
4Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pakoβa fruit or plant similar to the banana
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