Where does “お姉ちゃん” come from?

お姉ちゃん (Japanese) comes from Japanese 御, from Middle Chinese 御.

お姉ちゃん (Japanese): term of endearment elder sister, (big) sis

Definitions

  1. term of endearment elder sister, (big) sis

Ancestry of “お姉ちゃん”, step by step

お姉ちゃん traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 御

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese御"indicates that the is honorific"; often used to...
2Middle Chinese御—

via Japanese 姉

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese姉elder sister

Words derived from “お姉ちゃん”

Every word from Middle Chinese 御 →Every word from Japanese 御 →