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Kun and. For other formed into  see under.  ,, ‘arrival,’ from and  kunft, kumft, , ‘coming, arrival’;   gaqumþs, , ‘meeting, assembly,’ the corresponding verbal abstract to  qiman,  , with the suffix þi-, from -ti- ( , , and ). The insertion of an f in the combination mþ (mfþ becoming mft; further, , ) corresponds to the addition of an s to nþ (nsþ becoming nst), mentioned under. —   ,, ‘to come, future,’ from the  kümftec,  kumftîg.   ,, ‘distaff,’ from the  kunkel, ,  chunchala, ; a , , and  word, for which  occurs in other  ( and also ). It is wanting in the remaining, and its diffusion supports the assumption that it has been borrowed from , especially since the earlier  form chonachla closely resembles the   words in sound;  conucla (for colucula?,  of colus, ‘distaff’?),  to  conocchia,  quenouille, ‘distaff,’ whence also the   cuicel. Others refer the word to the cognates discussed under, with the meaning ‘to spin.’   ,, ‘skill, art, address,’ from and  kunst, , ‘knowledge, wisdom, skill, art’;   cunsti, , ‘knowledge, wisdom,’  kunst; wanting in  and. A verbal abstract from, like from ; s is a euphonic insertion before the dental;   from ,  from.  ,, ‘higgledy-piggledy,’ only; in , however, kuntervêch, , which means ‘variegated, strange as a ,’ i.e. ‘monster’. But while kunter, ‘monster,’ and  chuntar, ‘herd, drove of cattle’ (cognate with  ženą,  genù, ‘I drive cattle’?), are,  is. Both kuntervêch and   are imitations of  kunterfeit,  ‘contrafactus, not genuine’; from this in   a word kunter, ‘what is false, deceptive,’ was deduced.  ,, ‘copper,’ from the  kupfer,  chupfar, ; an old loan-word from which *kuppor must have been the earliest form; the word was bor - rowed before the 7th ;   and  koper,  copor,  copper,  kopar. These are probably based on cuper ( -eris). Late cuprum, or rather œs cyprium, or simply cyprium (whence  cuivre), is an Italian (not a Greek) term; the  probably owe to the Italians their earliest knowledge of copper. The island of Cyprus was called by the Germans of the Middle Ages, following the Byzant. and pronunciation of Κύπρος; hence  kippor or kipperwîn, ‘Cyprian wine.’   ,, ‘peak, summit,’ adopted by the written language in the last century from ; in the form would have pf. and, as well as (‘crest of birds,’ also termed ,   coppod, ‘cristatus’ of snakes, under ), are allied words, with the  meaning ‘point, extreme end,’ which belonged  to the strictly  permutated form. The further history of all these terms is obscure; under it is assumed that they are of genuine  origin, though the possibility of their being blended with  and  cupa, ‘beaker,’ is granted. In kuppe,   chuppa,, means ‘covering for the head’ ( under the helmet); see.   ,, ‘cupola, dome,’ only, from  cupola ( coupole).   ,, ‘to couple, fence (a field),’ from kuppeln, koppeln, ‘to leash, bind, fetter, unite’;  kuppelspil, ‘coupling,’ kuppelœre, ‘match-maker, procurer,’ and kuppelœrinne, the  form; a  of ,  copulare. <section end="Kuppeln" /> <section begin="Kur" /> ', ',, ‘election,’ in connected with , ;  kür, küre,  ( kur, kure, without modification), ‘consideration, selection,’  ‘election of a king’ ( kür-, kurvürste,  korvürste, ‘Elector’);  churi, , is preserved in   in the regularly mutated form. cyre,, ‘choice’; kør, keyr, , ‘choice.’ See. <section end="Kur" /> <section begin="Kurbe" /> ', ',, ‘crank, winch,’ from kurbe,  churba, , ‘windlass over a well’; generally traced to  courbe, and further to  *curva, ‘bent piece of wood,’ from curvus. <section end="Kurbe" /> <section begin="Kürbis" /> ,, ‘gourd, pumpkin,’ from the  kürbeȥ, kürbiȥ,  churbiȥ,  (rarely ); borrowed previous <section end="Kürbis" />