Where does “ivenkile” come from?

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

ivenkile (Xhosa): shop

Definitions

  1. shop

Ancestry of “ivenkile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaanswinkelA shop
2Dutchwinkelshop; corner, as in winkelhaak
3Middle Dutchwinkelcorner
4Old Dutchwinkel—
5Proto-West Germanic*winkilsomething bent, twisted
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwenǵ-neck, cheek
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wenǵ- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *winkil →Every word from Old Dutch winkel →