From: naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
   On 2024-06-19, db  wrote:   
      
   > I thought this is a German word and wondered about it.   
   > But I am told it's Dutch, where Winkel means shop, hence   
   > a shopping cart. Why is shop Winkel in Dutch? I suspect   
   > that Winkel, as in German, means angle.   
      
   Apart from the modern geometric meaning of 'angle', German "Winkel"   
   also means 'corner': im hintersten Winkel 'in the remotest corner'.   
   In English you have "corner store", so a shift in meaning from   
   'corner' to 'shop' in Dutch is not farfetched.   
      
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