German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic name for someone who
lived on a corner or occupational name for someone who kept a corner
shop or farmed a corner of land, from an agent derivative of
Winkel 1. This name is widespread throughout central and
eastern Europe, being found for example as a Czech, Polish, Slovenian,
and Hungarian name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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