Where does “torke” come from?
torke (Finnish) comes from Finnish torkku, from Finnish torkkua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.
torke (Finnish): The state of mind preceding sleep
Definitions
- The state of mind preceding sleep
Ancestry of “torke”, step by step
torke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Finnish e
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | e | E note |