Tanım
•elder/older brother · honorific referencing an older brother figure
Etimoloji
From Old Japanese of unclear derivation: * Probably originally a compound of 吾 (a, Eastern Old Japanese first-person pronoun) + の (no, possessive particle) + 兄 (ye → e, “eldest sibling”, see below): *: ⟨a no₂ ye⟩ → */anʉʲɨe/ → /ani/ * Alternatively, an apophonic form of 姉 (ane, “elder sister”), itself possibly from the same derivation above. * Several other theories have also been suggested.