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.
