Where does “torkahdus” come from?

torkahdus (Finnish) comes from Finnish torkahtaa, from Finnish torkkua, from Finnish torkku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

torkahdus (Finnish): dozing off, dozing, snoozing

Definitions

  1. dozing off, dozing, snoozing

Ancestry of “torkahdus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtorkahtaato doze off, to doze, to snooze briefly
2Finnishtorkkuato snooze, doze, drowse
3Finnishtorkkunap, snooze; sleepy
4Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
5Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish torkkua →