Weiver
Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
- Waiver (dialect form)
Etymology edit
Attested as 't Weyveren in 1617. Likely derived from a hydronym cognate to German wabern (“undulate, waft”) and English waver. Compare Waver, Waver, Waverley, Waverton and Wavertree.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: Wei‧ver
Proper noun edit
Weiver n
- A hamlet in Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.