Where does “gorst” come from?

gorst (Middle English) comes from Old English gorst, from Proto-West Germanic *gorst, from Proto-Germanic gurstaz.

gorst (Middle English): Gorse or a similar plant; A area or place...

Definitions

  1. Gorse or a similar plant; A area or place...

Ancestry of “gorst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgorstgorse
2Proto-West Germanic*gorst—
3Proto-Germanicgurstaz—

Words derived from “gorst”

Every word from Proto-Germanic gurstaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *gorst →Every word from Old English gorst →