Where does “誰” come from?
誰 (Japanese) comes from Japanese が, from Finnish -nka.
誰 (Japanese): "interrogative personal pronoun": who, whom
Definitions
- "interrogative personal pronoun": who, whom
Ancestry of “誰”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | が | Indicates the subject of a sentence; conjunction;... |
| 2 | Finnish | -nka | — |