Where does “kurjistaa” come from?

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

kurjistaa (Finnish): to make poorer, more miserable

Definitions

  1. to make poorer, more miserable

Ancestry of “kurjistaa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kurjistaa”

Every word from Proto-Finnic kurja →Every word from Finnish kurja →