誰

Glyph origin
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Etymology 1
From + ; cognate with,. In other 🇨🇬 languages, compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (STEDT).

Definitions

 * 1) who; whom
 * 2) someone; anyone
 * 3) anyone; whoever
 * 1) someone; anyone
 * 2) anyone; whoever
 * 1) someone; anyone
 * 2) anyone; whoever
 * 1) anyone; whoever
 * 1) anyone; whoever
 * 1) anyone; whoever

Etymology 2
Contraction of.

Definitions

 * 1)  who; whom

Etymology 3
Contraction of.

Definitions

 * 1)  who; whom

Etymology 4
Contraction of.

Definitions

 * 1)  who; whom

Etymology 5
From shortening of, from.

Definitions

 * 1)  who; whom

Etymology 1
→

From earlier tare.

The dare form appears from around the. The voicing of the initial to  is likely by analogy with other interrogative demonstratives,.

Now the primary form, replacing earlier tare.

Pronoun

 * 1) interrogative personal pronoun: who, whom

Etymology 2
From, first attested in the  (712 ) alongside its older form ta (see below).

Derived from older +. Compare the formation of from  +,  from  + , etc.

Superseded by dare above starting from around the. The tare form does not appear to be used anymore outside of poetry or intentionally archaic text.

Pronoun

 * 1)  interrogative personal pronoun: who, whom

Etymology 3
From, first attested in the , completed roughly 712.

Appears to be the oldest form.

Pronoun

 * 1)  interrogative personal pronoun: who, whom