Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: db Newsgroups: sci.lang Subject: Winkelwagen Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 11:37:05 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 7 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 13:37:06 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="591d8b062ea910442a65f70eb06ac366"; logging-data="2060706"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18MqTnjofpVv8uBlIv60ycv55GR6J5iv4U=" User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba) Cancel-Lock: sha1:8E487h4CPgKXd1F7/9bX6uL7hvw= Bytes: 1099 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. -- db