Where does “兄妹” come from?
兄妹 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 兄, from Old Japanese あに, from Japanese の, from Old Japanese の, from Middle Chinese 能 — talent, ability.
兄妹 (Japanese): elder brother and younger sister
Definitions
- elder brother and younger sister
Ancestry of “兄妹”, step by step
兄妹 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 妹
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 妹 | a close female companion; one's own younger... |
| 2 | Japanese | 人 | a person, human; an individual; mankind, people |
| 3 | Proto-Japonic | *pitə | one |