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.
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: 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: Reborrowed from Persian تیز (“fast”), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *tēŕ- (“fast, quick”). Cognate with Kazakh, Kyrgyz тез (tez), Uzbek, Turkish tez (“quick”), etc.
köken: Attested since 1609 according to Nationalencyklopedins Ordbok, from Middle Low German fôrt (“away, further, forward”), which is used adverbially (forts) with the same meaning in Low German, from Middle Low German fort, from Old Saxon forth. Related to för (“fore”), före (“before”) and forsla (“transport, carry, haul”).
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.
köken: Inherited from Latin currendō, from currendus, gerund of currō (“to run”). Synchronically a gerund of cure, an archaic or regional form of curge (“to flow”).