forst
Middle English
Old High German
Alternative forms
- forhist
Etymology
From earlier forhist (“forest, pine forest”), from forha, foraha (“fir, pine”), from Proto-Germanic *furhō (“fir”), from Proto-Indo-European *pérkus (“oak”). Akin to Old High German foreht (“forest, pine forest”), Old English fyrhþ (“forest”), Old Norse fýri (“coniferous forest”), Old English firgen (“wooded highland”). More at frith, forest.
Descendants
- German: Forst
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