köken: Borrowed from an East Indian language; see Hindi कमरबंद (kamarband), Punjabi ਕਮਰਬੰਦ (kamraband); ultimately derived from Persian کمربند (kamarband).
sash (a decorative length of cloth worn over the shoulder to the opposite hip, often for ceremonial or other formal occasions) · sash (a piece of cloth designed to be worn around the waist)
Borrowed from English cummerbund, from Hindustani کمر بند / कमरबंद (kamarband), from Classical Persian کمربند (kamarband), derived from کمر (kamar, “waist”) + بند (band, “band”). The English -u- (instead of more etymological -a-) is a pronunciation spelling representing Hindi [ɐ]. In German, in turn, this -u- was given a spelling pronunciation, leading to [ʊ] as well as a remotivation as Kummer…