پاشنه (Persian)

Where does "پاشنه" come from?

The Persian noun 'پاشنه', meaning 'heel', descends from the Proto-Indo-Iranian form '*pā́ršniš'[1]. This term can be traced further back to Proto-Indo-European '*tpḗrsneh₂'[1], which is thought to be derived from a root meaning 'to kick with the heel'[2].

Open questions

• The deeper analysis of Proto-Indo-European '*tpḗrsneh₂' as a compound formed from roots meaning 'foot' and 'to beat, kick' remains conjectural. [2]

Full etymology tree

• پاشنه (pāšne) (Persian), 'heel (of a foot)'
  • inherited *pā́ršniš (Proto-Indo-Iranian)
    • inherited *tpḗrsneh₂ (Proto-Indo-European), 'heel, upper thigh'
      • affix *t(s)pērH- (Proto-Indo-European)
        • compound *pd- (Proto-Indo-European)
        • compound *sperH- (Proto-Indo-European), 'to kick'
      • suffix *-sneh₂ (Proto-Indo-European), 'Used to form nouns denoting an object'

Ancestors

• *tpḗrsneh₂ (Proto-Indo-European)

Sources

1. پاشنه (pāšne) (Persian) - Wiktionary
2. tpḗrsneh₂ (Proto-Indo-European) - Wiktionary

Updated October 2026

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