Where does “torkkuja” come from?

torkkuja (Finnish) comes from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

torkkuja (Finnish): snoozer, dozer, drowser; sleeper goby; Partitive...

Definitions

  1. snoozer, dozer, drowser; sleeper goby; Partitive...

Ancestry of “torkkuja”, step by step

torkkuja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish torkkua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtorkkuato snooze, doze, drowse
2Finnishtorkkunap, snooze; sleepy
3Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
4Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw