The story
- Slovene · borrowed fromKočevar
- English todayKochevar
Borrowed from Slovene Kočevar (a habitational name), from the Kočevsko region, in Lower Carniola, which is named after the city of Kočevje, a derivative of hoja (“fir tree”), altered under the influence of the German name of the city, Gottschee.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.