Where does “winkel” come from?
winkel (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon winkil, from Proto-West Germanic *winkil, from Proto-Indo-European wenǵ- — neck, cheek.
Ancestry of “winkel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | winkil | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *winkil | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | wenǵ- | neck, cheek |
Words derived from “winkel”