*fersnō

Runic: ᚠᛖᚱᛊᚾᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈɸer.snɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

heel

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tpḗrsneh2 (‘heel’), possibly from *t(s)pērH- (‘to kick with the heel’; a possible compound of *pd- (‘foot’) +‎ *sperH- (‘to beat, kick’)) + *-sneh₂ (used to form nouns denoting an object) (de Vaan 2008). Cognates are Ancient Greek πτέρνη (ptérnē) (ptérnē, ‘heel; hoof; heel of a shoe; footstep’), Sanskrit पार्ष्णि (pā́rṣṇi) (pā́rṣṇi, ‘the heel’), Persian پاشنه (pâšne, ‘heel of the foot’), and Latin Latin perna (‘a haunch or ham together with the leg’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.fersnōfersnôz
Acc.fersnǭfersnōz
Gen.fersnōzfersnǫ̂
Dat.fersnōifersnōmaz
Inst.fersnōfersnōmiz
Voc.fersnōfersnôz

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Descendants

  • *fersnu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • fersna (Old Dutch)
      • versene (Middle Dutch)
        • verzen, vaars (Dutch)
  • *fersnu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • fiersn (Old English)
  • *fersnu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • fersana, fersna (Old High German)
      • vërsene, vërsen, vërse (Middle High German)
        • Ferschn (Bavarian)
        • Ferse (German)
        • Feescht (Luxembourgish)
  • *fersnu (Proto-West Germanic)
    • fersna (Old Saxon)
      • vērsene, vērse (Middle Low German)
  • 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌽𐌰 (fairzna) (Gothic)

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