Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fersnō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

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
  - Cimbrian: bèerzinga, vèerzinga
  - German: Ferse
  - Luxembourgish: Feescht
  - Vilamovian: faoś
Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌽𐌰 (fairzna)