Etymology

weaver

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Today it means: A person who weaves; especially, one who weaves cloth for a living. Full definition →

Middle English wevere ← Old English *wefere ← Proto-West Germanic *webārī
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weaver · noun1

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*webārī
  2. Old English · inherited from*wefere
  3. Middle English · inherited fromwevere
  4. English todayweaver

From Middle English wevere, wever, from Old English *wefere, *wifre, *wæfre (“weaver”, in compounds), from Proto-West Germanic *webārī. By surface analysis, weave + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Weeuwer (“weaver”), Dutch wever (“weaver”), German Low German Wever (“weaver”), German Weber (“weaver”), Swedish vävare (“weaver”), Icelandic vefari (“weaver”).

Weaver · proper noun2

See weaver.

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