Where does “päällekarkaus” come from?

päällekarkaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish karkaus, from Finnish -us, from Proto-Finnic -us — Forms some nouns from nominal stems.

päällekarkaus (Finnish): onrush, onslaught, assault physical attack, especially on a person

Definitions

  1. onrush, onslaught, assault physical attack, especially on a person

Ancestry of “päällekarkaus”, step by step

päällekarkaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish karkaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkarkausSynonym of karkaaminen
2Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
3Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems

via Finnish päälle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäälleallative singular of pää; on; on, on
Every word from Proto-Finnic -us →Every word from Finnish -us →Every word from Finnish karkaus →