Etymology Explorer › Old English

Where does “gorst” come from?

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

Ancestry of “gorst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*gorst—
2Proto-Germanicgurstaz—

Words derived from “gorst”

  • gorse
  • gorsy
  • gors
  • gorst
Every word from Proto-Germanic gurstaz →