kufer
Polish
noun
Definitions
- chest (strong box with convex lid)
- trunk (luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car)
- (colloquial) big, wide buttocks
Etymology
Borrowed from German Koffer (suitcase, case) derived from Middle High German koffer derived from Middle Dutch coffer derived from Old French cofre derived from Latin cophinus (basket) derived from Ancient Greek κόφινος (basket, a basket).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κόφινος
Gloss
basket, a basket
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
籠
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cophinus Latin
- Aktenkoffer German
- Koffer German
- Kofferraum German
- Kofferwort German
- cofano Italian
- coffre French
- κόφινος Ancient Greek
- koffert Norwegian Bokmål
- covo Portuguese
- côvão Portuguese
- kufereczek Polish
- kuferek Polish
- kuferkowy Polish
- cofre Middle English
- قُفَّة Arabic
- coffre, cofre Old French
- cofin Old French
- cofre Old French
- kofer Serbo-Croatian
- cove Catalan, Valencian
- covo Galician
- coffer Middle Dutch
- koferis Latvian
- côffre Norman
- koffer Middle High German
- kofer Lower Sorbian
- cofre xno
- cofin ONF.