Where does “boekwinkel” come from?

boekwinkel (Dutch) comes from Afrikaans boek, from Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-West Germanic bōk, from Proto-Germanic bōks, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos — beech.

boekwinkel (Dutch): bookshop, bookstore

Definitions

  1. bookshop, bookstore

Ancestry of “boekwinkel”, step by step

boekwinkel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans boek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaansboekbook
2Dutchboekbook; omasum
3Middle Dutchboecbook; book, tome, volume
4Old Dutchbuok—
5Proto-West Germanicbōkinscribed billet, letter; book
6Proto-Germanicbōksletter, written message, inscriptions carved into...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeh₂ǵosbeech

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

Words derived from “boekwinkel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeh₂ǵos →Every word from Proto-Germanic bōks →Every word from Proto-West Germanic bōk →