Algusaega

Algusaega is an Estonian term meaning the starting time or the early period of something. It is the genitive singular form of algusaeg, a compound noun built from algus (beginning) and aeg (time). The word is used when describing the earliest phase of a timeline, process, culture, or phenomenon, and it often appears in scholarly or descriptive writing.

In historical and archaeological contexts, algusaega marks the initial phase of a culture, settlement, or era. In linguistics, it can refer to the earliest stage in the development of a language, such as the proto-forms that precede later dialects or stages. In data analysis, modeling, and computer science, the term may denote the initialization period or origin time of a dataset or simulation, commonly referred to as the starting point of the study.

Usage notes: algusaega is a formal term used primarily in written Estonian. The basic nominative form is algusaeg; algusaega is used in genitive or other oblique cases, and after possessive constructions, for example in phrases like projekti algusaega or algusaega periood. In English translations it is typically rendered as “the starting time” or “the early period.”

See also: algusaeg, aega, ajaloost ja cronologies.