hurskastella etymology

Finnish word hurskastella comes from Finnish -tella, and later Finnish hurskas ((archaic) wise, deliberate. Pious.)

Detailed word origin of hurskastella

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-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.

Words with the same origin as hurskastella

Descendants of -tella
elvistellä homotella huoritella hurskas jeesustella jeesustelu juopotella kahvitella kahvittelija mutkitella neiditellä seditellä sinutella sinuttelu teititellä teitittely täditellä vähätellä vähättely äiditellä