From: wugi@brol.invalid   
      
   Op 19/06/2024 om 15:57 schreef Christian Weisgerber:   
   > 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.   
      
   That's exactly what happened, as many shops were at the corner. Now we   
   have to specify   
   "De winkel op de hoek" ;)   
   (Gaan) winkelen is (go) shopping.   
   But we've still got "de winkelhaak", "angle hook", the drawing square or   
   what's it called out there (also, a rip in that shape).   
   To-morrow we go to "het kapsalon". You don't want to eat that.   
      
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