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Where does “hyrst” come from?

hyrst (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic hursti, from Proto-Germanic hurstiz, from Proto-Indo-European kʷr̥st-i-s.

hyrst (Old English): hurst, hillock, eminence, height, wood, wooded...

Definitions

  1. hurst, hillock, eminence, height, wood, wooded...

Ancestry of “hyrst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichurstithicket, wood, grove; nest
2Proto-Germanichurstiz—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankʷr̥st-i-s—

Words derived from “hyrst”

  • hurst
  • hirst
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