Where does “いろせ” come from?

いろせ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 兄, from Old Japanese あに, from Japanese の, from Old Japanese の, from Middle Chinese 能 — talent, ability.

いろせ (Japanese): brother from the same mother

Definitions

  1. brother from the same mother

Ancestry of “いろせ”, step by step

いろせ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 兄

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese兄elder brother; elder brother-in-law; Short for...
2Old Japaneseあに—
3Japaneseのgenitive case marker; nominative case marker in a...
4Old Japaneseのplain, field
5Middle Chinese能talent, ability

via Japanese いろ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseいろkinship through the same mother; 井路 a waterway or...
Every word from Middle Chinese 能 →Every word from Old Japanese の →Every word from Japanese の →