Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *fersnōScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_fersnō
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Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7)Michielde VaanBrill2008πτέρνηheel; hoof; heel of a shoe; footstep*tpḗrsneh2heelLatin pernaa haunch or ham together with the legपार्ष्णिthe heel
nounfeminineō-stemheelFrom 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, ‘heel; hoof; heel of a shoe; footstep’), Sanskrit पार्ष्णि (pā́rṣṇi, ‘the heel’), Persian پاشنه (pâšne, ‘heel of the foot’), and Latin Latin perna (‘a haunch or ham together with the leg’).