Where does “torkkupainike” come from?
torkkupainike (Finnish) comes from Finnish painike, from Finnish painaa, from Proto-Finnic painadak, from Proto-Uralic pajńa- — press.
torkkupainike (Finnish): snooze button
Ancestry of “torkkupainike”, step by step
torkkupainike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish painike
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | painike | button, push-button; a mechanical device meant to... |
| 2 | Finnish | painaa | to push, press; to print; to weigh |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | painadak | to push, to press |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | pajńa- | press |
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 |