fert

From Middle High German. Cognate with Old Norse fjǫrð (“last year”). From Proto-Indo-European *peruti. Cognates include Sanskrit परुत् (parut, “last year”), Persian پار‎ (pār, “last year”), Ancient Greek πέρυσι (pérusi, “last year”), Lithuanian pernai (“last year”) and Old Armenian հերու (heru, “last year”).

fert

1. (archaic) last year
   • 1529, Martin Luther, Das Große Katechismus, "Das dritte Gebot":

     ...und wenn das jar umb ist, können sie hewer so viel als fert.

     ...and when the year is ended, they know as much this year as last year.

• heuer

• fern
• fernt

fert

1. third-person singular present active indicative of ferō

• fert in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)