weaver
English
/ˈwiː.və(ɹ)/, /ˈwi.vɚ/
noun
Definitions
- One who weaves.
- A strand of material used in weaving.
- A weaverbird.
- An aquatic beetle of the genus .
- Certain fish of the family Pinguipedidae
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English weevere inherited from Old English *wefere suffix from English weave.
Origin
English
weave
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- basket English
- basketweave English
- basketweaver English
- bird English
- even-weave English
- evenweave English
- flatweave English
- folkweave English
- hand English
- handweaver English
- interweave English
- inweave English
- master English
- masterweaver English
- reweave English
- spell English
- spellweaver English
- unweave English
- weavable English
- weave English
- weaverbird English
- weaveress English
- weavest English
- weaveth English
- weavy English
- Weber German
- Weberin German
- weben German
- ウェーバ Japanese
- Weber Polish
- *wefere Old English
- weevere Middle English
- weven Middle English
- vefari Old Norse
- vefa Icelandic
- vefari Icelandic
- vêbe Vietnamese
- webære Middle High German
- wever Old Frisian
- Weeuwer Saterland Frisian
- weeuwe Saterland Frisian