Where does “vinkle” come from?

vinkle (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål vinkel, from Low German winkel.

vinkle (Norwegian Bokmål): to angle place at an angle, to slant

Definitions

  1. to angle place at an angle, to slant

Ancestry of “vinkle”, step by step

vinkle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål vinkel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålvinkelan angle
2Low Germanwinkel—

via Norwegian Nynorsk vinkel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskvinkelan angle
Every word from Low German winkel →Every word from Norwegian Bokmål vinkel →