haver

haver · verb¹

1. Scots · borrowed fromhaiver
2. Scots · borrowed fromhaiver
3. English todayhaver

Borrowed from Scots haiver.

haver · noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European*kápros
2. Proto-Germanic*habrô
3. Old Norsehafri
4. Middle Englishhavere
5. English todayhaver

Inherited from Middle English haver, havere, from Old Norse hafri (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Germanic *habrô (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Indo-European *kapro- (“goat”); reinforced by Scots haver in Scotland. Cognate with Dutch haver (“oats”) and German Hafer (“oat”).

haver · noun³

1. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
2. Proto-Germanic*habjaną
3. Proto-West Germanic*habbjan
4. Old Englishhabban
5. Middle Englishhaven
6. Middle Englishhavere
7. English todayhaver

From Middle English haver, havere, equivalent to have + -er.

haver · noun⁴

1. Hebrew · borrowed fromחבר
2. Hebrew · borrowed fromחבר
3. English todayhaver

Borrowed from Hebrew חבר.

Words from the same roots