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Old Prussian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pírštan.
Noun
pirsten
- finger
c. 1300, Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary (in Middle High German), page 171, line 115:Vinger Pirsten- Finger Finger
Further reading
- 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)