haste

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Metonymic occupation surname for someone who turned the spit for roasting meat, from Old French haste (“spit”).

Blend of Middle English hasten (verb), (compare Dutch haasten, German hasten, Danish haste, Swedish hasta (“to hasten, rush”)) and Middle English hast (“haste”, noun), from Old French haste (whence French hâte), from Old Frankish *hai(f)st (“violence”), from Proto-Germanic *haifstiz (“struggle, conflict”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeyp- (“to ridicule, mock, anger”). Akin to Old Frisian hāst, hāste (“haste”), Old English hǣst (“violence”), Old English hǣste (“violent, impetuous, vehement”, adjective), Old Norse heift /heipt (“feud”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃𐍄𐍃 (haifsts, “rivalry”). Cognate with German heftig (“vehement”) and Danish heftig (“vehement”).

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: tələsiklik — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Azerbaijani: qaçaqaç — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Bulgarian: бързина (bǎrzina) — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Bulgarian: бързане (bǎrzane) — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Catalan: pressa — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Czech: spěch — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Danish: hast — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Esperanto: hasto — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• French: hâte — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• German: Eile — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• German: Hast — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Ancient Greek: σπουδή (spoudḗ) — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Hungarian: sietség — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Ingrian: kippu — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Ingrian: kiire — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Irish: dithneas — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Central Kurdish: پەلە (pele) — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Latgalian: skuba — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Latgalian: strāpuošona — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Latgalian: drystuošona — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Latin: celeritas — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Latin: festinatio — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Latin: properantia — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Latin: festinantia — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Latin: concitus — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Plautdietsch: Haust — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Polish: pośpiech — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Old Polish: śpiech — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Portuguese: pressa — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Romanian: grabă — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Russian: спе́шка (spéška) — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Scottish Gaelic: cabhag — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Scottish Gaelic: deann — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Spanish: prisa — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Spanish: premura — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Spanish: acucia — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Spanish: priesa — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Spanish: apuro — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Swedish: brådska — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Ottoman Turkish: عجله (ʼacele) — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Ukrainian: поспіх (pospix) — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Unami: shaelìntàmëwakàn — speed, swiftness, dispatch
• Walloon: håsse — speed, swiftness, dispatch