An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Zuber

by Friedrich Kluge

Zuber, Zober, masculine, ‘tub,’ from Middle High German zuber, zober, Old High German zubar, neuter, ‘vessel’; probably allied primitively to Middle English tubbe, English tub, Dutch tobbe, Low German tubbe and töver. In Old High German also zwibar, which compared with Old High German einbar (see Eimer) is regarded as a ‘vessel with two handles,’ and is connected in form with Greek δίφρος (from dwi, ‘two,’ and root Φερ).