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Alternative theories propose borrowed origin from a term, akin to Bulgarianкукла(kukla, “toy, puppet”)(Greek loanword) or Bulgarianгу́гла(gúgla, “hood”)(Latin loanword), both ultimately from Latincucūllus(“hood, covering for the read”).
“кукер”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
“кукер”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “кукер¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 89
