fertus

Updated: May 17, 2025

And barrow in wheel-barrow has the same origin. Burden is that which is borne, then a load, as, for instance, the burden of years. We also find in Greek δύσφορος, which corresponds exactly to the Sanskrit durbhara, with the meaning “heavy to bear.” In Latin, however, fertus signifies fruitful, like fertilis, ferax.

F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller - The Silesian Horseherd - Questions of the Hour