Where does “kuritushuone” come from?
kuritushuone (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuritus, from Finnish kurittaa, from Finnish kuri, from Finnish kuru, from English kuru, from Sanskrit कुरु — Name of a people of India and of their country;...
kuritushuone (Finnish): a penitentiary with stricter discipline than an ordinary prison, and where the prisoners had to do hard labor
Definitions
- a penitentiary with stricter discipline than an ordinary prison, and where the prisoners had to do hard labor
Ancestry of “kuritushuone”, step by step
kuritushuone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kuritus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuritus | disciplining |
| 2 | Finnish | kurittaa | to discipline |
| 3 | Finnish | kuri | discipline; Short for kuritushuone; canyon |
| 4 | Finnish | kuru | gorge, gulch, ravine, flume; canyon; kuru |
| 5 | English | kuru | A chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | कुरु | Name of a people of India and of their country;... |