fëret

See also: feret

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *ferudi (“last year”), from Proto-Indo-European *peruti (“last year”). Cognate with Cimbrian bèart, obsolete German fert, Icelandic í fyrra, Faroese í fjør, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish i fjor; also Old Armenian հերու (heru), Ancient Greek πέρυσι (pérusi), Sanskrit परुत् (parut), Persian پار‎ (pâr). Doublet of Fiire (“firn”).

Adverb

fëret

  1. (Uri) last year

References
  • “fëret” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 34.
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