Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Adjective 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Verb 1.4.1.1 Derived terms 1.4.1.2 Translations 1.5 References 1.6 Further reading 2 Middle English 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Alternative forms 2.1.2 Pronunciation 2.1.3 Noun 2.1.3.1 Descendants 2.1.3.2 References 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Alternative forms 2.2.2 Pronunciation 2.2.3 Adjective 2.2.3.1 Descendants 2.2.3.2 References English Pronunciation A bow and quiver (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /'kwIv?/ (General American, Canada) enPR: kwi'v?r, IPA(key): /'kwIv?/ Audio (GA) 0:01 Rhymes: -Iv?(?) Hyphenation: quiv?er Etymology 1 From Middle English quiver, from Anglo-Norman quivre, from Old Dutch cocare (source of Dutch koker, and cognate to Old English cocer ("quiver, case")), from Proto-West Germanic *kukur ("container"), said to be from Hunnic,[1] possibly from Proto-Mongolic *kokexur ("leather vessel for liquids"); see there for more. Replaced early modern cocker, the inherited reflex of that West Germanic word. Noun quiver (plural quivers) (weaponry) A container for arrows, crossbow bolts or darts, such as those fired from a bow, crossbow or blowgun. (figuratively) A ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons. He's got lots of sales pitches in his quiver. (obsolete) The collective noun for cobras. (mathematics) A multidigraph. Derived terms quiverful Quiverfull Translations +-arrow container +-a ready storage location for figurative tools or weapons +-collective noun for cobras +-shaking or moving with a slight trembling motion Etymology 2 From Middle English quiver, cwiver, from Old English *cwifer, probably related to cwic ("alive").Verb quiver (third-person singular simple present quivers, present participle quivering, simple past and past participle quivered) (intransitive) To shake or move with slight and tremulous motion Synonyms: tremble, quake, shudder, shiver Derived terms aquiver quivering quiversome Translations +-shake or move with slight and tremulous motion References ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20181005063158/http://etymology.enacademic.com/29278/quiver Etymology dictionary, enacademic.com, "quiver"] Further reading Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg quiver on Wikipedia. Middle English Etymology 1 From Anglo-Norman quivre, from Old Dutch cocare; perhaps ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *kokexur or Hunnic.[1] Doublet of coker. Alternative forms quyver, qwyver, qwywere, qwyvere, whyver Pronunciation IPA(key): /'kwiv?r/ Noun quiver (plural quivers) A quiver (a receptacle for arrows) (rare, vulgar) A vulva. ^ "quiver", in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, ->ISBN.