Quiver Definition

Origin of Quiver

• From Middle English quiver, from Anglo-Norman quiveir, from Old Dutch cocare (compare Dutch koker), from Hunnic *kukur (“flask, cask") (compare Uyghur (Taranči) kökür, Kazakh kökkör), from Mongolic *köky- (“to suckle") (compare Kalmyk кøкyp (kokür, “leather flask for kumis"), Middle Mongolian [script?] (køkygyr, “cowhide water- or wine-cask")). Replaced early modern English cocker. More at cocker.

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• Middle English from Anglo-Norman quiveir variant of Old French cuivre from Old Low Franconian cocar probably from Medieval Latin cucurum probably from Hunnish Mongolian kökür

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Middle English quiveren perhaps from quiver nimble (from Old English cwifer- gwei- in Indo-European roots)

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From Middle English cwiver, from Old English *cwifer

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• From Middle English quiveren, probably from the adjective.

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