Haste
Middle English: from Old French haste (noun), haster (verb), of Germanic origin.
wiktionary
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), [1] from Old Frankish *hai(f)st(“violence”), [2] 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”, adj), Old Norse heift/ heipt(“feud”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃𐍄𐍃( haifsts, “rivalry”). Cognate with German and Danish heftig(“vehement”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
etymonline
haste (n.)
late 13c., "hurrying, haste; celerity, swiftness, speed;" c. 1300, "need for quick action, urgency;" from Old French haste "haste, urgency, hastiness" (12c., Modern French hâte), from Frankish *haifst "violence" or another Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *haifstiz (source also of Gothic haifsts "strife," Old English hæste "violent, vehement, impetuous"). From late 14c. as "undue haste, rashness, unwise or unseemly quickness." To make haste "act quickly" is recorded by 1530s.
haste (v.)
late 13c., from Old French haster "hurry, make haste; urge, hurry along" (Modern French hâter), from haste "haste, urgency" (see haste). Now largely superseded by hasten (1560s). Related: Hasted; hasting.
