pirsten

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Old Prussian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pírštan.

Noun[edit]

pirsten

  1. finger
    • c. 1300, Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary‎[1] (in Middle High German), page 171, line 115:
      Vinger   Pirsten
      Finger [in Central German]   Finger [in Old Prussian]

Further reading[edit]

  • Erich Berneker, Die preussische Sprache. Texte, Grammatik, etymologisches Wörterbuch, 1896, p. 313 "pirsten V. 115 'Finger'; [...]" (inside the dictionary part) and p. 247 & 262 (inside the Lautlehre to the Elbinger Vocabular)
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