Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/furhiþi

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *furhu (“fir, pine”) +‎ *-iþi.

Noun

*furhiþi f

forest, woodland
Synonyms: *holt, *widu

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Old English: fyrhþ f or n, fyrhþe n
- Middle English: frith, firth
  - English: frith, firth
  - Scots: firth, fyrth
Old Saxon: *forhist
- Middle Low German: vorst
Old Dutch: forest m
- Middle Dutch: forest, voerst, vorst
  - Dutch: vorst
Old High German: forst f, forhist
- Middle High German: vorst, (foreht)
  - German: Forst
    - → Swedish: forst-
→ Late Latin: foresta, forestis, forasta, forestus (see there for further descendants)
- Old French: forest
  - → Middle English: forest, foreste, fforest
    - English: forest
    - Scots: forest
    - → Welsh: fforest
- → Old High German: forstis