Where does “ん” come from?

ん (Japanese) comes from Japanese の, from Old Japanese の, from Middle Chinese 能 — talent, ability.

ん (Japanese): negative form of verbs; volitional form of verbs;...

Definitions

  1. negative form of verbs; volitional form of verbs;...

Ancestry of “ん”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseのgenitive case marker; nominative case marker in a...
2Old Japaneseのplain, field
3Middle Chinese能talent, ability

Words derived from “ん”

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