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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *perčwV- (?)
Meaning: back
Uralic: (IS: *pers/śe-)
References: МССНЯ 342; ND 1788 *P_VRć/śV(-)n̄V (+ Sem.). nostret-meaning,nostret-ier,nostret-ura,nostret-kart,nostret-reference,
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *persn-
Meaning: heel
Hittite: parsina- c. 'Oberschenkel, Lende' (Friedrich 163)
Tokharian: B porsno 'ankle ?' (Adams 404)
Old Indian: pā́rṣni- f. `heel'
Avestan: pāšna- n. 'Ferse'
Old Greek: ptérnǟ f. `Ferse'
Latin: perna f. `Hinterkeule von Tieren, Schweinsschinken'
Russ. meaning: пятка
piet-prnum,piet-meaning,piet-hitt,piet-tokh,piet-ind,piet-avest,piet-greek,piet-germ,piet-lat,piet-rusmean,piet-refer,
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *firznṓ, *fírsnī, *fársnō
Meaning: heel
Gothic: fɛrzna f. (ō) `heel'
Old English: firsn (fiersn, fyrsn), -e f. `heel'
Old Saxon: fersna
Middle Dutch: versene f. `hiel, hak'
Dutch: pl. verzenen; dial. vaars, vers, varsem, vessem
Old Franconian: fersna
Middle Low German: vērse(ne)
Old High German: fersna, farsana (um 800)
Middle High German: vërsen(e), vërse st./wk. f. 'ferse'
German: Ferse f.
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 1502
Root: persnā, -snī̆-, -sno-
English meaning: heel
German meaning: `Ferse'
Material: Ai. pā́rṣṇi- f., av. pāšna- n. `Ferse'; gr. πτέρνη f.; lat. perna f. (*pērsnā) `Hinterkeule, Schweineschinken, Schenkel, Bein', pernīs `schnell' (mit der Ferse); got. faírsna, as. fersna, ahd. fersana `Ferse' (*persnā), ags. fiersin f. ds. (*pērsni-); hitt. paršina (leg. paršna) `Oberschenkel, Lende', parš-(a)nāi- `hocken' (auf den Oberschenkeln).
References: WP. II 50 f., WH. II 289 f., Pedersen Hitt. 258.
Pages: 823
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Kartvelian etymology :
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Proto-Kartvelian: *brč̣al-
Russian meaning: пятка
English meaning: heel
Georgian: brč̣al-
Notes and references: В МССHЯ 342 основа сравнивается с ПИЕ *pers- 'пятка, бедро', урал. *per[s]V 'tergum'.
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