Where does “torkahtaa” come from?
torkahtaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish torkkua, from Finnish torkku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.
torkahtaa (Finnish): to doze off, to doze, to snooze briefly
Definitions
- to doze off, to doze, to snooze briefly
Ancestry of “torkahtaa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | torkkua | to snooze, doze, drowse |
| 2 | Finnish | torkku | nap, snooze; sleepy |
| 3 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |
Words derived from “torkahtaa”