soon (near in time) · almost (of a changing value that is predicted to reach said number soon) · indicates a rapid alternation of states; now ..., now ...; sometimes ..., sometimes ...
köken: From Middle High German balde, from Old High German baldo, adverb of bald, pald, from Proto-West Germanic *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-. Cognate with Dutch boud, English bold.
aile: alsbald, baldig, baldmöglichst, bis bald, in Bälde, sobald
Bald ist der Urlaub vorbei.
Mit bald 80 Jahren ist mein Vater noch auf Apfelbäume geklettert.
eş: только, всего, единственно, исключительно, лишь только, только
köken: Old East Slavic лише (liše), originally comparative form of лихъ (lixŭ, “bad”). Compare with Ukrainian лише́ (lyšé), лишень (lyšenʹ) and лиш (lyš), Carpathian Rusyn лиш (lyš).
aile: всего лишь, лишь бы, лишь только, только лишь
köken: Claimed to be from Persian جلد (“fast”) by Rustemov, however Turkic cognates point to different etymology. Perhaps ultimately derived from Proto-Turkic *yïl- (“to slide”), see more at Chagatai ایلدام (ʾyldām).
köken: Inconclusive. Whilst its current definition was long thought to have come from Indonesian hampir due to its exclusive presence in Dutch (and no other Germanic language), this would not explain its high and almost universal usage in Flemish. More likely would be if it originated on Dutch soil. In that case, the meaning would have changed somewhat from the earlier Middle Dutch amper (“sour”) –…
light; of low weight · light, lean, low-fat; containing only small amounts of fat · light; containing only small amounts of alcohol; containing less alcohol than customary; e.g. lättöl, lättvin
çekim: karşılaştırma lättare · üstünlük lättast
zıt: tung, stark, svår
köken: From Old Swedish lǣtter, from Old Norse léttr, from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-.
lättmjölk
lättkorv
I Sverige definieras lättvin som vin, som innehåller mindre än 15 volymprocent alkohol.
hardly, barely (with difficulty) · hardly, barely, scarcely (in a very small measure) · only, just (no more than)
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Vulgar Latin ad Proto-Indo-European *weyk- Proto-Italic *wiks Vulgar Latin vix Vulgar Latin *ad vix Romanian abi Romanian abia Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ad vix, from ad + vix. The original form was abi, a variant found in some dialects; the final -a was added by analogy with adverbs like aci(a), aiure(a), acole(a). This suffixation…