Where does “torikokous” come from?

torikokous (Finnish) comes from Finnish tori, from Old Swedish torgh, from Proto-Brythonic *torx, from Latin torquis, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

torikokous (Finnish): a gathering of a crowd, or the crowd that has gathered

Definitions

  1. a gathering of a crowd, or the crowd that has gathered

Ancestry of “torikokous”, step by step

torikokous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtorimarket, market square; town square; forum
2Old Swedishtorgh—
3Proto-Brythonic*torx—
4Latintorquischaplet
5Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
6Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

via Finnish kokous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkokousmeeting, conference, assembly, convent, gathering
2Finnishkootato collect together, gather; to assemble,...
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Latin torquis →