Where does “有りの儘” come from?

有りの儘 (Japanese) comes from Japanese の, from Old Japanese の, from Middle Chinese 能 — talent, ability.

有りの儘 (Japanese): the way as it is; the true form

Definitions

  1. the way as it is; the true form

Ancestry of “有りの儘”, step by step

有りの儘 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 儘

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese儘the same, unchanged state, state as it is
2Translingual随—

via Japanese 有る

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese有る—
Every word from Middle Chinese 能 →Every word from Old Japanese の →Every word from Japanese の →