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Where does “winkel” come from?

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

Ancestry of “winkel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*winkil—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwenǵ-neck, cheek

Words derived from “winkel”

  • sportwinkel
  • buurtwinkel
  • ijzerwinkel
  • ijzerwarenwinkel
  • webwinkel
  • winkelpassage
  • winkeldiefstal
  • winkelen
  • boekwinkel
  • winkel
  • platenwinkel
  • winkel
  • bengkel
  • bengkel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wenǵ- →