Where does “nurinkurinen” come from?

nurinkurinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuri, from Finnish kuru, from English kuru, from Sanskrit कुरु — Name of a people of India and of their country;...

nurinkurinen (Finnish): topsy-turvy backwards or upside-down

Definitions

  1. topsy-turvy backwards or upside-down

Ancestry of “nurinkurinen”, step by step

nurinkurinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuridiscipline; Short for kuritushuone; canyon
2Finnishkurugorge, gulch, ravine, flume; canyon; kuru
3EnglishkuruA chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous...
4SanskritकुरुName of a people of India and of their country;...

via Finnish nurin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnurinover, inside out, upside down wrong way round or not standing up
2Finnishnurjawrong; adverse
3Proto-Finnicnurjawrong, bad, poor

Words derived from “nurinkurinen”

Every word from Sanskrit कुरु →Every word from English kuru →Every word from Finnish kuru →