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

  1. The state of mind preceding sleep

Ancestry of “torke”, step by step

torke traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish torkku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtorkkunap, snooze; sleepy
2Finnishtorkkuato snooze, doze, drowse
3Finnish-uaForms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-üdäkForms mainly passive or anticausative verbs

via Finnish e

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheE note
Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäkEvery word from Finnish -uaEvery word from Finnish torkku