Where does “valistusaika” come from?

valistusaika (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...

valistusaika (Finnish): the Enlightenment, Age of Enlightenment

Definitions

  1. the Enlightenment, Age of Enlightenment

Ancestry of “valistusaika”, step by step

valistusaika 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...
5Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
6Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
7Proto-West Germanic-jā—
8Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
9Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

via Finnish valistus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvalistusEnlightenment
2Finnishvalistaato enlighten, to inform, to educate
3Finnishvalolight
4Proto-Finnicvalolight visible radiation
5Proto-Finno-Ugricwaĺɜ—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Hungarian -i →Every word from Hungarian -é →