Friedrich Kluge2511380An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, H — Hart1891John Francis Davis
Hart, Hard, f. and m., ‘forest,’ from MidHG. hart, m., f., and n., OHG. hart, ‘forest’; comp. also Spessart from spëhtes hart (allied to Specht); Harz for MidHG. Hart; Haardt in the Palatinate.
