Where does “nurinmeno” come from?

nurinmeno (Finnish) comes from Finnish nurin, from Finnish nurja, from Proto-Finnic nurja — wrong, bad, poor.

nurinmeno (Finnish): rolling over, going over

Definitions

  1. rolling over, going over

Ancestry of “nurinmeno”, step by step

nurinmeno traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nurin

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

via Finnish meno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmenogoing; course, ride; expense, expenditure
2Proto-Finnicmenogoing
Every word from Proto-Finnic nurja →Every word from Finnish nurja →Every word from Finnish nurin →