Where does “内蔵頭” come from?

内蔵頭 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 内蔵寮, from Japanese の, from Old Japanese の, from Middle Chinese 能 — talent, ability.

内蔵頭 (Japanese): the head of the 内蔵寮

Definitions

  1. the head of the 内蔵寮

Ancestry of “内蔵頭”, step by step

内蔵頭 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 内蔵寮

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese内蔵寮a 律令 treasury department under the 中務省
2Japaneseのgenitive case marker; nominative case marker in a...
3Old Japaneseのplain, field
4Middle Chinese能talent, ability

via Japanese 頭

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese頭head; the fontanelle part of the skull; the head...
2Japaneseど-super-
Every word from Middle Chinese 能 →Every word from Old Japanese の →Every word from Japanese の →