Where does “torkahtelu” come from?

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

torkahtelu (Finnish): (repeatedly) dozing off

Definitions

  1. (repeatedly) dozing off

Ancestry of “torkahtelu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtorkahdella—
2Finnishtorkahtaato doze off, to doze, to snooze briefly
3Finnishtorkkuato snooze, doze, drowse
4Finnishtorkkunap, snooze; sleepy
5Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
6Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish torkkua →