Afrikaans doek

← Middle Dutch doec (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (inherited)

← Dutch doek (inherited)

← Old Dutch *duok (inherited)

→ English doek (borrowed)

→ English witdoeke (mention)

→ English kopdoek (mention)

→ Afrikaans kopdoek (affix)

→ Afrikaans sakdoek (compound)

→ Shona dhuku (borrowed)

→ Zulu iduku (borrowed)