kercheif
‘a square piece of cloth used to cover the head’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. kerchef, kercheff(e), kerchefe, kerchife < A.F. courchief < O.F. couvrechief ‘a kerchief’ < couvrir ‘to cover’ < cover + chief ‘head’ < Lat. caput ‘head’ < chuhf < kaput- < Tamil kappu