Hurst
/hɜːrst/noun
A wooded hill or a grove, especially in place names.
Did you know?In Old English, *hurst* named a wooded hill or copse, and it survives today mostly as a place-name element, preserving a landscape word that once described the terrain itself.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*hurstaz
“wooded hill; grove; thicket”
Old English
OE
hyrst
“wooded hill; grove; copse”
Middle English
ME
hurst
“wooded hill; thicket; copse”
Modern English
English
hurst
“A wooded hill or grove, chiefly in place names”