Where does “兄分” come from?
兄分 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 兄, from Old Japanese あに, from Japanese の, from Old Japanese の, from Middle Chinese 能 — talent, ability.
兄分 (Japanese): sworn elder brother
Ancestry of “兄分”, step by step
兄分 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 兄
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 兄 | elder brother; elder brother-in-law; Short for... |
| 2 | Old Japanese | あに | — |
| 3 | Japanese | の | genitive case marker; nominative case marker in a... |
| 4 | Old Japanese | の | plain, field |
| 5 | Middle Chinese | 能 | talent, ability |
via Japanese 分
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 分 | a minute; a part, a share, a portion; an obsolete... |
| 2 | Middle Chinese | ふん | — |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 糞 | — |