Etymology

heaving

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Today it means: Crowded with people. Full definition →

Middle English hevynge ← Old English hebbende ← Proto-West Germanic *habbjandī
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heaving · verb, adjective1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  3. Proto-Germanic*habjaną
  4. Proto-Germanic*habjandz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*habbjandī
  6. Old Englishhebbende
  7. Middle Englishhevynge
  8. English todayheaving

Inherited from Middle English hevynge. By surface analysis, heave + -ing. See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

heaving · noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromhevynge
  2. English todayheaving

Inherited from Middle English hevynge.

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