Etymology Explorer › FinnishWhere 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 snoozer, dozer, drowser; sleeper goby; Partitive... Ancestry of “torkkuja”, step by step torkkuja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jä Step Language Word Meaning 1 Finnish jä ice 2 Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja — 3 Proto-Germanic jahw and, also 4 Proto-Germanic -hw and; Forms distributives from interrogatives 5 Proto-Germanic -hwe — 6 Proto-Indo-European -kʷe and; Forms distributives from interrogatives
via Finnish torkkua Step Language Word Meaning 1 Finnish torkkua to snooze, doze, drowse 2 Finnish torkku nap, snooze; sleepy 3 Finnish -u Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... 4 Proto-Finnic -u Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns