Where does “宮内省” come from?

宮内省 (Japanese) comes from Japanese の, from Old Japanese の, from Middle Chinese 能 — talent, ability.

宮内省 (Japanese): the Ministry of the Imperial Household

Definitions

  1. the Ministry of the Imperial Household

Ancestry of “宮内省”, step by step

宮内省 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese の

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseのgenitive case marker; nominative case marker in a...
2Old Japaneseのplain, field
3Middle Chinese能talent, ability

via Japanese 宮

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese宮the place where a god resides: a shrine; a temple...
2Middle Chinese宮—

via Japanese 内

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese内inside, within; between, among; while, during,...
2Middle Chinese內—
Every word from Middle Chinese 能 →Every word from Old Japanese の →Every word from Japanese の →