Where does “kurjalisto” come from?

kurjalisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish kurja, from Proto-Finnic kurja — evil, bad.

kurjalisto (Finnish): the lower or lowest class; lumpenproletariat

Definitions

  1. the lower or lowest class; lumpenproletariat

Ancestry of “kurjalisto”, step by step

kurjalisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kurja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkurjapoor; miserable; wretched
2Proto-Finnickurjaevil, bad

via Finnish listo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlisto—
Every word from Proto-Finnic kurja →Every word from Finnish kurja →