suber

Meaning

1. (declension-3) cork oak, cork-tree
2. (declension-3) cork

Concepts

cork

cork oak

Synonyms

cortex

suber-

Translations

Korkeiche

φελλόδρυς

δρυς η φελλοφόρος

kurk

kurken

kurklaag

alcornoque

alcornoque mediterráneo

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈsuː.bɛr]

Etymology

Disputed. According to one hypothesis, it is from the same Proto-Indo-European root as Old High German swigen (“to be silent”) and its West Germanic cognates, possibly a reference to cork being stripped without harming the tree. However, an Indo-European etymology for the Germanic set is disputed; see *swīgā. Alternatively, it may be connected with Ancient Greek σῦφαρ (sûphar, “wrinkled skin”), from a third, perhaps substrate source, with an approximate form *sūbʰ-.