hoekom (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans kom, from Dutch kom, from Middle Dutch comme, from Old Dutch *kumb, from Frankish *kumb, from Proto-Germanic kumbaz — bowl, vessel; vat, tub.
hoekom (Afrikaans): why, how come
Definitions
why, how come
Ancestry of “hoekom”, step by step
hoekom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.