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: Reborrowed from Persian تیز (“fast”), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *tēŕ- (“fast, quick”). Cognate with Kazakh, Kyrgyz тез (tez), Uzbek, Turkish tez (“quick”), etc.
köken: From Middle Dutch gouwe, gauwe (“quick, fast, hasty”), alteration of gâ, from Old Dutch gā, from Proto-Germanic *ganhuz, *ganhwaz (“sudden, quick”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Low German gau (“quick, fast”), German jäh (“sudden, abrupt”). More at gay.
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”).
lightning fast · instant (of food, able to be prepared quickly)
köken: Etymology tree Old Polish błyskawica Polish błyskawica Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Balto-Slavic *-inas Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ Old Polish -ny Polish -ny Polish błyskawiczny From błyskawica + -ny. First attested in 1588.
aile: błyskawiczność, wojna błyskawiczna, zamek błyskawiczny
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
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