Where does “kurjistua” come from?

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

kurjistua (Finnish): To become poorer, more miserable

Definitions

  1. To become poorer, more miserable

Ancestry of “kurjistua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkurjistaato make poorer, more miserable
2Finnishkurjapoor; miserable; wretched
3Proto-Finnickurjaevil, bad

Words derived from “kurjistua”

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