Where does “torkku” come from?

torkku (Finnish) comes from Finnish torkkua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.

torkku (Finnish): nap, snooze; sleepy

Definitions

  1. nap, snooze; sleepy

Ancestry of “torkku”, step by step

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

Words derived from “torkku”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -üdäk →Every word from Finnish -ua →Every word from Finnish torkkua →