Where does “hetk” come from?
hetk (Estonian) comes from Finnish hetki, from Proto-Finnic hetki, from Proto-Uralic čäčke.
hetk (Estonian): moment
Ancestry of “hetk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hetki | moment; moment, minute |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | hetki | moment |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | čäčke | — |