Where does “山小屋” come from?

山小屋 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 山小屋, from Japanese 山, from Japanese 陰, from Middle Chinese 陰.

山小屋 (Chinese): mountain hut

Definitions

  1. mountain hut

Ancestry of “山小屋”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese山小屋mountain hut
2Japanese山a mountain or hill; a mine; a heap, pile
3Japanese陰shadow, shade; hidden side; yin
4Middle Chinese陰—
Every word from Middle Chinese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 山 →