Finnish word hurskastella comes from Finnish -tella, and later Finnish hurskas ((archaic) wise, deliberate. Pious.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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-tella | Finnish (fin) | Forms verbs for calling someone by a name or a label.. Forms verbs that describe act of pretending to be something. |
hurskastella | Finnish (fin) | To behave hypocritically. To purport oneself to be more pious than in reality. |
hurskas | Finnish (fin) | (archaic) wise, deliberate. Pious. |