Where does “päivätorkut” come from?
päivätorkut (Finnish) comes from Finnish päivä, from Proto-Finnic päivä, from Proto-Uralic päjwä, from Proto-Uralic päje.
päivätorkut (Finnish): midday/afternoon nap
Ancestry of “päivätorkut”, step by step
päivätorkut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish päivä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | päivä | day; the sun |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | päivä | sun; day |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | päjwä | ? warmth; ? sun; ? fire |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | päje | — |
via Finnish torkku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | torkku | nap, snooze; sleepy |
| 2 | Finnish | torkkua | to snooze, doze, drowse |
| 3 | Finnish | -ua | Forms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -üdäk | Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs |