cucurum

Latin

Alternative forms

  • cucurus, cucura, coccura

Etymology

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κούκουρον (koúkouron), κούκκουρον (koúkkouron, “quiver”), from Hunnic *kukur, from Proto-Mongolic *kökexür (“leather flask”).

Noun

cucurum

  1. (Medieval Latin) quiver

Descendants

  • → Albanian: kukur (or from Greek)
  • → Proto-West Germanic: *kokur (see there for further descendants)

References

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