carter

‘one who drives a cart’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:

    E. cartare, karter, cartere, cartar O.N. kartr akin to  O.E. cræt ‘cart, wagon, chariot,’ related to  M.Du. cratte ‘woven mat, hamper,’  Du. krat ‘basket,’ O.E. cradol ‘little bed, cot’ < Proto-G. kradulaz < kaakers- < Tamil kaṭu