Where does “vinkel” come from?

vinkel (Swedish) comes from Middle Low German winkel, from Old Saxon winkil, from Proto-West Germanic *winkil, from Proto-Indo-European wenǵ- — neck, cheek.

vinkel (Swedish): an angle

Definitions

  1. an angle

Ancestry of “vinkel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanwinkel—
2Old Saxonwinkil—
3Proto-West Germanic*winkilsomething bent, twisted
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwenǵ-neck, cheek

Words derived from “vinkel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wenǵ- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *winkil →Every word from Old Saxon winkil →