English
hefter
From heft + -er.
Formed from heft + -er
Proto-Indo-European *kap- ‘to seize’
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Proto-Germanic *habjaną ‘to lift’
Proto-West Germanic *habbjan ‘to lift’
Middle English heven ‘to lift, raise’
Middle English heft ‘heaviness’
English heft
Today it means
noun One who hefts something.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hefter