English
heaver
From heave + -er.
A compound of heave + -er
Proto-Indo-European *kap- ‘to seize, hold’
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Proto-Germanic *habjaną ‘to take up, lift’
Proto-West Germanic *habbjan ‘to lift’
Old English hebban ‘to lift, raise’
Middle English heven ‘to raise one's eyes or hair’
English heave
Today it means
noun One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / heaver