Where does “mikä tahansa” come from?

mikä tahansa (Finnish) comes from Finnish mikä, from Finnish Mikael, from Latin Michāēl, from Latin Michahel, from Greek Μιχαήλ, from Ancient Greek Μιχαήλ, from Hebrew מיכאל, from Hebrew אֵל.

mikä tahansa (Finnish): whatever, whichever, wherever, depending on the...

Definitions

  1. whatever, whichever, wherever, depending on the...

Ancestry of “mikä tahansa”, step by step

mikä tahansa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mikä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmikäwhich, what; whatever; which, that, what
2FinnishMikaelMichael
3LatinMichāēl—
4LatinMichahel—
5GreekΜιχαήλthe Archangel Michael
6Ancient GreekΜιχαήλ—
7Hebrewמיכאלwho is like God?
8Hebrewאֵלa God; God, deity; god, God
9Hebrewשמואל—
10Hebrewשְׁמוּאֵל—

via Finnish tahansa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtahansaany, -ever, either; used with interrogative...
2Finnish-nsa"suffix used with" hänen " "or" heidän ",...
3Proto-Finnic-nsak—
4Proto-Uralic-nsak—
Every word from Hebrew שְׁמוּאֵל →Every word from Hebrew שמואל →Every word from Hebrew אֵל →