köken: From Old French brief, from Latin brevis. A folk etymology derives it as an acronym of Bon, Revenons-En aux Faits, but this is completely inaccurate.
aile: dans les plus brefs délais, en bref
Il lui envoya un bref message de quelques lignes seulement.
köken: From Proto-Turkic *kɨsga (“short”), from *kɨs- (“to press, squeeze”). Cognate with Bashkir ҡыҫҡа (qıśqa), Uzbek qisqa, Crimean Tatar qısqa, Turkmen gysga, Turkish kısa, Khakas хысха (xısxa), etc.
köken: From Proto-Turkic *kïsga (“short”), from *kïs- (“to press, squeeze”). Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (qïsγa), Old Uyghur [script needed] (qïsqa, “short”); Uzbek qisqa (“short”), Crimean Tatar qısqa (“short”), Turkmen gysga (“short”), Turkish kısa (“short”), Khakas хысха (xısxa, “short”), etc.
köken: Probably a borrowing from Latin brevis (“short”) (compare Spanish breve, where *brieve would be expected if the term were inherited), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *kártas Proto-Slavic *kõrtъ Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Slavic *-kъ Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ Proto-Slavic *kortъ̀kъ Old Polish krótki Polish krótki Inherited from Old Polish krótki.
quickly, rapidly, promptly, fast · unexpectedly, out of the blue, abruptly, suddenly
köken: From Proto-Finnic *äkkidä, the partitive singular of *äkki. Cognates include Estonian äkki, Ingrian äkkii, Karelian äkkie, Veps äkkid and Votic äčči.
aile: yhtäkkiä
Nyt äkkiä tänne!
Tämä tuli kyllä vähän äkkiä, mutta totta kai minä suostun.
From Middle High German kurz, from Old High German kurz, from Proto-West Germanic *kurt, from Latin curtus. Compare also native Old High German *skurz, scurz and Middle High German schurz. Cognate with Dutch and Low German kort, English curt, Swedish kort.