Where does “メノコ” come from?

メノコ (Ainu) comes from Japanese 女の子, from Japanese の, from Old Japanese の, from Middle Chinese 能 — talent, ability.

メノコ (Ainu): woman (adult human female)

Definitions

  1. woman (adult human female)

Ancestry of “メノコ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese女の子a child that is female: a girl; a woman
2Japaneseのgenitive case marker; nominative case marker in a...
3Old Japaneseのplain, field
4Middle Chinese能talent, ability

Words derived from “メノコ”

Every word from Middle Chinese 能 →Every word from Old Japanese の →Every word from Japanese の →