 They warred with the Byzantine Empire and the Utigurs.Towards the end of the 6th century they were absorbed by the Pannonian Avars under pressure from the Turks.The name "Kutrigur", also recorded as "Kwrtrgr", "Κουτρίγουροι", "Κουτούργουροι", "Κοτρίγουροι", "Κοτρίγοροι", "Κουτρίγοροι", "Κοτράγηροι", "Κουτράγουροι", "Κοτριαγήροι", has been suggested as a metathecized form of Turkic "*Toqur-Oğur", with "*quturoğur" meaning "nine Oğur (tribes)".