pirsten

Old Prussian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pírštan.

Noun

pirsten

1. finger
   • c. 1300, Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary‎^[1] (in Middle High German), page 171, line 115:

     Vinger   Pirsten

     Finger [in Central German]   Finger [in Old Prussian]

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)