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.
fast; quick · spicy; hot · harsh; acrid; biting; sharp
köken: From Middle Persian [script needed] (twnd /tund/, “sharp, violent”), from Proto-Iranian *tund- (“to act violently”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tund-, from Proto-Indo-European *tu-n-d-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd-.
köken: Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kïs- (“short, narrrow, to squize”). Cognate with Karakhanid قِسْغا (“qïsɣā”), Turkish kısa, Turkmen gysga, Salar qısga, Crimean Tatar qısqa, etc.
köken: Etymology tree Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs)bor. Latin chartader. Old French cartebor. Middle High German karte German Kartebor. Polish kartabor. Russian ка́рта (kárta)bor. Kazakh карта Borrowed from Russian ка́рта (kárta).
köken: Etymology tree Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs)bor. Latin chartader. Old French cartebor. Middle High German karte German Kartebor. Polish kartabor. Russian ка́рта (kárta)bor. Kyrgyz карта Borrowed from Russian ка́рта (kárta).
köken: Etymology tree Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs)bor. Latin chartader. Old French cartebor. Middle High German karte German Kartebor. Polish kartabor. Russian ка́рта (kárta)bor. Bashkir карта Borrowed from Russian ка́рта (kárta). Doublet of кәрт (kərt).
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.