Where does “väsytyshyökkäys” come from?

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

väsytyshyökkäys (Finnish): brute-force attack

Definitions

  1. brute-force attack

Ancestry of “väsytyshyökkäys”, step by step

väsytyshyökkäys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish väsytys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishväsytystiring, making tired
2Finnish-usForms nouns from verbs, describing an action or...
3Proto-Finnic-usForms some nouns from nominal stems

via Finnish hyökkäys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhyökkäysattack
2FinnishhyökätäTo attack, assault, charge, come at; To invade
Every word from Proto-Finnic -us →Every word from Finnish -us →Every word from Finnish väsytys →