Where does “Karlshorst” come from?

Karlshorst (German) comes from German Horst, from Middle High German hurst, from Old High German hurst, from Proto-West Germanic hursti, from Proto-Germanic hurstiz, from Proto-Indo-European kʷr̥st-i-s.

Ancestry of “Karlshorst”, step by step

Karlshorst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Horst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHorstthe nest of a bird of prey, an eyrie; bush;...
2Middle High Germanhurst—
3Old High Germanhurst—
4Proto-West Germanichurstithicket, wood, grove; nest
5Proto-Germanichurstiz—
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷr̥st-i-s—

via German Karl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKarl—
2German-chennowadays the most common suffix to create a...
3Middle High German-echen—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷr̥st-i-s →