Where does “Darlinghurst” come from?

Darlinghurst (English) comes from English Darling, from Middle English dereling, from Middle English derelyng, from Old English dīerling, from Old English -ling, from Old English lang, from Proto-West Germanic lang, from Proto-Germanic langaz — long.

Ancestry of “Darlinghurst”, step by step

Darlinghurst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Darling

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDarlingoriginally a nickname from darling
2Middle Englishderelingdarling
3Middle Englishderelyngdarling
4Old Englishdīerlinga favourite; darling
5Old English-lingadverbial suffix denoting direction, state or...
6Old Englishlanglong; lasting; old, ancient; advanced
7Proto-West Germaniclanglong
8Proto-Germaniclangazlong
9Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

via English hurst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhurstA wood or grove
2Middle EnglishhirsteA woodland or copse
3Old Englishhyrsthurst, hillock, eminence, height, wood, wooded...
4Proto-West Germanichurstithicket, wood, grove; nest
5Proto-Germanichurstiz
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷr̥st-i-s
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos