Where does “ööaeg” come from?

ööaeg (Estonian) comes from Estonian öö, from Proto-Finnic öö, from Proto-Finno-Ugric üje.

ööaeg (Estonian): nighttime

Definitions

  1. nighttime

Ancestry of “ööaeg”, step by step

ööaeg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian öö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianöönight; The name of the Latin-script letter Ö
2Proto-Finnicöönight
3Proto-Finno-Ugricüje—

via Estonian aeg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianaegtime; tense
2Proto-Finnicaikatime
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric üje →Every word from Proto-Finnic öö →Every word from Estonian öö →