Where does “兄ちゃん” come from?

兄ちゃん (Japanese) comes from Japanese 兄, from Old Japanese あに, from Japanese の, from Old Japanese の, from Middle Chinese 能 — talent, ability.

兄ちゃん (Japanese): (one's own) elder brother

Definitions

  1. (one's own) elder brother

Ancestry of “兄ちゃん”, step by step

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