Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kokur

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Medieval Latin cucurus, cucurum (“quiver”).[1]

Noun

*kokur m

quiver, scabbard

Declension

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kokur
Genitive	*kokuras
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kokur	kokurō, kokurōs
Accusative	*kokur	*kokurā
Genitive	*kokuras	*kokurō
Dative	*kokurē	*kokurum
Instrumental	*kokuru	*kokurum

Derived terms

*kokārī
- Old Dutch: kokare, cocare
- Old High German: kohhāri, kochāri, kohhari, kochari
  - Middle High German: kochære

Descendants

Old English: cocer, cocur
- Middle English: coker, cuker, cokir, cocur, cokre, kokur, quequer, koker
  - English: cocker, cogger
Old Frisian: koker
- North Frisian: koker
- West Frisian: koker
Old Saxon: kokar, kokor
- Middle Low German: kȫker, koyker, kōker, kāker
  - → Old Danish: kogher
    - Danish: kogger
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: kogger
  - → Swedish: koger
Old Dutch: *kokar
- Middle Dutch: coker
  - Dutch: koker (see there for further descendants)
Old High German: kohhar, kochar
- Middle High German: kocher
  - German: Köcher
→ Old French: quivre, cuivre, coivre, wirre
- → Middle English: quiver, quyver, qwyver, qwywere, qwyvere, whyver
  - English: quiver

References

de Vries, Jan (1971) “koker”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN

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[1] Vries, Jan (1971) “koker”, in Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek [Dutch etymological dictionary] (in Dutch), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN