Thanks but it does not seem connected to Achilles/heel/akilu/okche.

However it does seem related to Turkic tep (to kick with the foot). It also
looks like a Nostratic word.

José Andrés Alonso wrote:

The most plausible reconstruction for this word is
*tpe:rsneh2. Lubotsky (2003) thinks that it is derived
from the verb *sp(h)erH- 'to kick with the foot'.

With best wishes,

José Andrés

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