doek

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*dōkaz
2. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*dōk
3. Old Dutch · derived from*duok
4. Middle Dutch · derived fromdoec
5. Dutch · derived fromdoek
6. Afrikaans · borrowed fromdoek“cloth”
7. English todaydoek

Borrowed from Afrikaans doek (“cloth”), from Dutch doek, from Middle Dutch doec, from Old Dutch *duok, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz. Doublet of duck.

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