Where does “誰” come from?

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

誰 (Japanese): "interrogative personal pronoun": who, whom

Definitions

  1. "interrogative personal pronoun": who, whom

Ancestry of “誰”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseがIndicates the subject of a sentence; conjunction;...
2Finnish-nkaForms nouns, mainly bird names (in dialects) and some toponyms

Words derived from “誰”

Every word from Finnish -nka →Every word from Japanese が →