פֿערשט
'heel'

ETYMOLOGY

[Whence the final -t in Yiddish? Maybe it's a different word?]
Got. fairzna, OE fiersn, OS fersna, OHG fersana, MHG versen, versene, verse, NHG Fersne; from PGmc ✱fersnō- 'heel'; from PIE ✱tpē̆rs-neh₂- (or ✱persnā-); the root ✱tper- may have developed from ✱pd-sperH- 'to kick with the foot'.
Related: Hittite paršna- 'heel (?)', Greek πτέρνη, Latin perna 'upper leg, thigh', Sanskrit pā́rṣṇi-

WESTERN

Alsace (France)

di fɛˑʁ̥š {ALSACE, 47075 Mulhouse, 031-050}

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

feˑαz, feːšt {WTCP, Dunajská Streda, 47179}
- פֿערשט

də feˑrz {WTCP, Vác, 47197}
- fyːsfeˑrz פֿוספֿערז

פֿערשט {note: קנעכל}

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

feˑršt {ETCP, Sîg Felső Szek, 47223}

feˑᵋršt {ETCP, Mukachevo, 48226}

fejršt {ETCP, Nyzhnya Apsha, 48233}

HASIDIC

AMERICA

<פערשט>
də feˑršt fɩn ajsəv די פֿערשט פֿון עשׂו