English
kopdoek
Kopdoek comes from Afrikaans kopdoek ‘headcloth, kerchief worn on the head’.
- Afrikaansmodernkopdoek‘headcloth, kerchief worn on the head’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Afrikaansmodernkopdoek‘headcloth, kerchief worn on the head’
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of kop ‘head’ + doek ‘cloth’
Proto-Indo-European *kewp-
Latin cūpa ‘tub, cask, vat’
Late Latin cuppa ‘drinking vessel’
Middle Dutch cop
Dutch kop ‘cup’
Afrikaans kop ‘head’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰweg- ‘cloth’
Proto-Germanic *dōkaz ‘cloth, rag’
Old Dutch *duok
Middle Dutch doec ‘cloth’
Dutch doek ‘cloth, linen, fabric’
Afrikaans doek ‘cloth’
Every English word from Afrikaans kopdoek
Today it means
noun A headcloth.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Afrikaans kopdoek / kopdoek