Where does “殺人者” come from?

殺人者 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 殺人, from Japanese 人, from Proto-Japonic *pitə — one.

殺人者 (Japanese): a murderer

Definitions

  1. a murderer

Ancestry of “殺人者”, step by step

殺人者 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 殺人

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese殺人murder of a person; homicide
2Japanese人a person, human; an individual; mankind, people
3Proto-Japonic*pitəone

via Japanese 者

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese者person; someone of that type, someone who does...
2Middle Chinese者—
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pitə →Every word from Japanese 人 →Every word from Japanese 殺人 →