Where does “kurjuus” come from?

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

kurjuus (Finnish): misery

Definitions

  1. misery

Ancestry of “kurjuus”, step by step

kurjuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kurja

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

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Finnic kurja →Every word from Finnish kurja →