Where does “ruuhka-aika” come from?

ruuhka-aika (Finnish) comes from Finnish aika, from Finnish -isin, from Hungarian isi, from Hungarian -i, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

ruuhka-aika (Finnish): rush hour

Definitions

  1. rush hour

Ancestry of “ruuhka-aika”, step by step

ruuhka-aika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish aika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaikatime; time, moment; appointment
2Finnish-isinThe case suffix denoting temporal distributive;...
3Hungarianisischool
4Hungarian-iAdded to a proper noun, noun or postposition to...
5HungarianUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
6Albanian-ing, -ion
7Proto-West Germanic-jā
8Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
9Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Finnish ruuhka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruuhkacongestion, lots of traffic, traffic jam; jam,...
2Proto-Germanichrūgǭ
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Hungarian -iEvery word from Hungarian