English
swather
From swath + -er.
Formed from swath + -er
Proto-Germanic *swaþō ‘a wind-swept place’
Proto-West Germanic *swaþ
Old English swæþ ‘track’
Middle English swath
English swath
Today it means
noun A device on a mowing machine or combine harvester that raises uncut grain and marks the edge of the swath.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “swather”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / swather