Where does “hooaeg” come from?

hooaeg (Estonian) comes from Estonian aeg, from Proto-Finnic aika — time.

hooaeg (Estonian): season, period, epoch

Definitions

  1. season, period, epoch

Ancestry of “hooaeg”, step by step

hooaeg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian aeg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianaegtime; tense
2Proto-Finnicaikatime

via Estonian hoog

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianhoogimpetus
Every word from Proto-Finnic aika →Every word from Estonian aeg →