An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Hort

by Friedrich Kluge

Hort, m. (like Halle, Heim, and Gau, revived in the last cent., after being long forgotten, by the study of MidHG.), from the equiv. MidHG. hort, m., OHG. hort, n., ‘hoard’; OSax. hord (horth), n., ‘treasure,’ also ‘hidden, innermost room,’ AS. hord, n. and m., ‘treasure, store,’ E. hoard; Goth. huzd, ‘treasure,’ OIc. hodd, n., hoddr, m., ‘treasure.’ Teut. hozda-, from Teut. kuzdhó- for kudhto-, partic. ‘that which is hidden’ (comp. Gr. κεύθω, see also Hütte, Haus), Gr. κύσθος, any ‘hollow,’ espec. ‘pudenda muliebria.’