An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Horst

by Friedrich Kluge

Horst, masculine, ‘shrubbery, eyrie,’ from Middle High German hurst, (Middle German) horst, Old High German hurst, horst, feminine, ‘shrubbery, copse, thicket’; Middle English hurst, ‘hill, copse,’ English hurst; of obscure origin.