Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fersnō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tpḗrsneh₂.

Noun

*fersnō f

1. heel

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *fersnō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fersnō	*fersnôz
vocative	*fersnō	*fersnôz
accusative	*fersnǭ	*fersnōz
genitive	*fersnōz	*fersnǫ̂
dative	*fersnōi	*fersnōmaz
instrumental	*fersnō	*fersnōmiz

Descendants

• Old English: fiersn
• Old Saxon: fersna
  • Middle Low German: vērsene, vērse
• Old Dutch: *fersana
  • Middle Dutch: versene
    • Dutch: verzen, vaars (dialectal)
• Old High German: fersana, fersna
  • Middle High German: vërsene, vërsen, vërse
    • Bavarian: Ferschn
    • German: Ferse
    • Luxembourgish: Feescht
    • Vilamovian: faoś
    • ⇒ Cimbrian: vèerzinga, bèerzinga
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌽𐌰 (fairzna)