Where does “妹分” come from?
妹分 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 分, from Middle Chinese ふん, from Middle Chinese 糞.
妹分 (Japanese): sworn younger sister
Ancestry of “妹分”, step by step
妹分 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 | — |
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 |