Where does “八尾” come from?

八尾 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 八尾, from Japanese 八, from Middle Chinese 八.

Ancestry of “八尾”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese八尾—
2Japanese八eight, 8; eight; Short for 八の字
3Middle Chinese八—
Every word from Middle Chinese 八 →Every word from Japanese 八 →Every word from Japanese 八尾 →