heft
English
/hɛft/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) Weight.
- Heaviness, the feel of weight.
- The act or effort of heaving; violent strain or exertion.
- (US) The greater part or bulk of anything.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English heft, heven (lift, heave) affix from English heave.
Origin
English
heave
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- heave English
- heaver English
- heavest English
- heaveth English
- heavy English
- heftable English
- hefter English
- heftily English
- heftiness English
- hefty English
- overheave English
- upheave English
- weft English
- weftage English
- weftwise English
- hieven German
- hiva Norwegian Nynorsk
- hive Norwegian Nynorsk
- hebban Old English
- heofon Old English
- heft Middle English
- heven Middle English
- hevy Middle English
- wefte Middle English
- hyv Westrobothnian
- heiven Scots