English
frithy
From frith (“forest, wood”) + -y.
Formed from frith ‘forest, wood’ + -y
Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- ‘oak’
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Proto-West Germanic *furhu ‘fir’
Proto-West Germanic *furhiþi ‘forest, woodland’
Old English fyrhþe ‘forest, wooded country’
Middle English frith ‘forest, woodland’
English frith
Today it means
adj Woody; relating to brushwood, undergrowth, or a partial clearing in a forest
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / frithy