Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/furhiþi

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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. Compare Old Norse fýri (“fir or coniferous forest”).

Noun

*furhiþi f

1. forest, woodland

   Synonyms: *holt, *hursti, *walþu, *widu

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative reconstructions

• *furhiþþī

Related terms

• *fergunī

Descendants

Note: It's possible that some of the descendants were produced by compounding the base term *furhu with another term (such as *hursti, *stōwu, etc.), creating a term which means "fir-thicket" or "fir-place".

• Old English: fyrhþ f or n, fyrhþe n
  • Middle English: frith, firth
    • English: frith, firth
    • Scots: firth, fyrth
• Old Saxon: *forhist, forest, forst
  • Middle Low German: vorst, vōrst, voerst, vurst, varst, forst
• Old Dutch: forest, foreest, voorst, vorst m
  • Middle Dutch: forest, voerst, vorst
    • Dutch: vorst
• Old High German: forst, 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, fforest, foreste
      • English: forest
      • Scots: forest
      • → Welsh: fforest
  • → Old High German: forstis