weaver

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. A person who weaves; especially, one who weaves cloth for a living.
  2. A horizontal strand of material used in basket weaving.
  3. A weaverbird.
  4. An aquatic beetle of the genus Gyrinus.
  5. Any of certain spider species, such as the sheet weaver or the funnel weaver, so named because they spin interesting and characteristic webs.
  6. Any of certain fish of the family Pinguipedidae.

Konzepte

Webervogel

Flechter

Webervögel

Frequenz

C1
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈwiː.və(ɹ)/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

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”).

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