quiver
Middle English
/ˈkwivər/, /ˈkwivər/
noun
Definitions
- A quiver a receptacle for arrows
- (rare) A vulva.
Etymology
Borrowed from quivre derived from Old Dutch cocare derived from Proto-Mongolic *kökexür (leather vessel for liquids).
Origin
Proto-Mongolic
*kökexür
Gloss
leather vessel for liquids
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Quiverfull English
- aquiver English
- bequiver English
- quiver English
- quiverer English
- quiverful English
- quiverish English
- quiverness English
- quiversome English
- quivertip English
- quivery English
- subquiver English
- Köcher German
- *kukur- Proto-Germanic
- quyver Middle English
- *kokar gmw-pro
- cocare Old Dutch
- хөхүүр Mongolian
- quivre xno
- *kökexür Proto-Mongolic