でんぐり返る

Etymology
Compound of. Sometimes also pronounced without rendaku and with a hard k sound instead, as dengurikaeru.

The denguri part is of unclear origin. It only appears in this compound and derived forms.
 * The den portion is most likely the same den found in terms such as, itself also found in the compound.
 * The guri portion is almost certainly, the of verb.

Verb

 * 1) to turn over, to turn upside-down
 * 2) to do a somersault (either forwards or backwards)
 * 3) to be head over heels, to be in disarray, to be very confused

Derived terms

 * : a somersault

Related terms

 * : to turn something over, to make someone or something somersault
 * : a somersault