Where does “haver” come from?

haver (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch havere, from Old Dutch havara, from Proto-Germanic habrō, from Proto-Germanic habrô, from Proto-Indo-European kapro- — goat.

haver (Dutch): any wild species or cultivar of the genus...

Definitions

  1. any wild species or cultivar of the genus...

Ancestry of “haver”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchhavere—
2Old Dutchhavara—
3Proto-Germanichabrōgoat, buck
4Proto-Germanichabrôgoat, buck; feed for goats; oat, oats
5Proto-Indo-Europeankapro-goat

Words derived from “haver”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kapro- →