hurst

Betekenis (Engels)

A wood or grove.

Sinonieme

hillock

knoll

sandbank

shoal

Vertalings

Horst

هورست

horst

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/hɝst/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: hirste

Geërf van Old English: hyrst

Verwante met Nederlands: horst

Verwante met Duits: Horst

In summary

From Middle English hirste (“wood, grove; hillock; sandbank, sandbar”), from Old English hyrst (“hillock, eminence, height, wood, wooded eminence”), from Proto-West Germanic *hursti; akin to Dutch horst (“thicket; bird's nest”), German Horst (“thicket, nest”).