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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Uncertain; Beekes and Furnee take the word as the usual Pre-Greek, while others have narrowed down the language of origin to possibly Semitic or Hurrian. Compare κόφος(kóphos, “basket-load”) and Arabicقُفَّة(quffa, “large wicker-basket”) and Arabicقَفِيز(qafīz, “a dry measure”) for potentially-related words relating to "containers" with guttural onset leading over an open vowel to a labial plosive or fricative. See Akkadian𒄣𒌒𒁍(/quppu/, “wicker basket”), as well as κοψία(kopsía, “earthen pot”), κόψα(kópsa, “water bucket, urn”).[1]
“κόφινος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011