köken: Inherited from Old Swedish hult, from Old Norse holt (“wood”), from Proto-Germanic *hultą (“wood”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”). Cognate with English holt and German Holz. First attested in 1210–1216.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leh₁s-u-der.? Proto-Slavic *lě̑sъ Old Polish las Polish las Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Slavic *-kъ Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ Old Polish -ek Polish -ek Polish lasek From las + -ek.
shrubbery (growth of shrubs, planted or natural) · scrub, brush (vegetation of inferior quality, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil)