English
Forst
Forst comes from German Forst ‘a town and administrative seat of Spree-Neiße…’, and goes back to Old High German forst ‘forest’.
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050forst‘forest’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350forst~vorst
- Germanc. 1650–presentForst‘a town and administrative seat of Spree-Neiße district, Brandenburg’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050forst‘forest’
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350forst~vorst
- Germanc. 1650–presentForst‘a town and administrative seat of Spree-Neiße district, Brandenburg’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-West Germanic *furhu ‘fir, pine’
through Proto-West Germanic *furhiþi ‘forest, woodland’
Today it means
name A surname from German.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old High German forst / Forst