An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/bequem

by Friedrich Kluge

bequem, adjective, ‘convenient, comfortable,’ from Middle High German bequœ̂me, Old High German biquâmi, ‘suitable, fit.’ Akin to Anglo-Saxon gecwême, Middle English îcwême, cwême, ‘agreeable, suitable’; qêmi-, the base, is a verbal adjective from Gothic qiman, Old High German chuman, ‘to come,’ for which the meaning ‘to be fitting, to suit,’ already existing in Gothic gaqimiþ, ‘it is fitting,’ is presupposed; compare Anglo-Saxon becuman, English become. See kommen and Latin convenire, ‘to fit in with, be becoming, suit,’ which is primitively allied.