Where does “が” come from?

が (Japanese) comes from Finnish -nka — Forms nouns, mainly bird names (in dialects) and some toponyms.

が (Japanese): Indicates the subject of a sentence; conjunction;...

Definitions

  1. Indicates the subject of a sentence; conjunction;...

Ancestry of “が”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-nkaForms nouns, mainly bird names (in dialects) and some toponyms

Words derived from “が”

Every word from Finnish -nka →