Where does “kinkel” come from?

kinkel (Dutch) comes from Dutch kink, from Proto-Germanic kenk-, from Proto-Indo-European gengʰ- — to turn, wind, braid, weave.

kinkel (Dutch): a rube, a yokel, an unsophisticated person

Definitions

  1. a rube, a yokel, an unsophisticated person

Ancestry of “kinkel”, step by step

kinkel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch kink

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkinka twist or curl in a rope; kink, twist or bend
2Proto-Germanickenk-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeangengʰ-to turn, wind, braid, weave

via Dutch el

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchelA unit of measurement corresponding to about 69...
2Middle Dutchelne—

Words derived from “kinkel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gengʰ- →