Where does “kurinpitäjä” come from?

kurinpitäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuri, from Finnish kuru, from English kuru, from Sanskrit कुरु — Name of a people of India and of their country;...

kurinpitäjä (Finnish): disciplinarian

Definitions

  1. disciplinarian

Ancestry of “kurinpitäjä”, step by step

kurinpitäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuridiscipline; Short for kuritushuone; canyon
2Finnishkurugorge, gulch, ravine, flume; canyon; kuru
3EnglishkuruA chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous...
4SanskritकुरुName of a people of India and of their country;...

via Finnish pitäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitäjärural municipality; holder; keeper
2Finnish-ja-er
3Proto-Finnic-jaForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-jaForms the present participle
Every word from Sanskrit कुरु →Every word from English kuru →Every word from Finnish kuru →