forst

See also: Forst, först, and først

Dutch

Pronunciation
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Adjective

forst

  1. Superlative form of fors

Middle English

Noun

forst

  1. Alternative form of frost

Old High German

Alternative forms
  • forhist

Etymology

From earlier forhist (“forest, pine forest”), from forha, foraha (“fir, pine”), from Proto-Germanic *furhō (“fir”), from Proto-Indo-European *pérkus (“oak”). Akin to Old High German foreht (“forest, pine forest”), Old English fyrhþ (“forest”), Old Norse fýri (“coniferous forest”), Old English firgen (“wooded highland”). More at frith, forest.

Noun

forst f

  1. firwood, pinewood
  2. forest

Descendants
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