Where does “鎌倉” come from?

鎌倉 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 鎌倉, from Old Japanese 鎌倉, from Old Japanese 竈 — oven.

Ancestry of “鎌倉”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鎌倉a placename, especially
2Old Japanese鎌倉a placename on the southeastern part of modern Kanagawa Prefecture
3Old Japanese竈oven
Every word from Old Japanese 竈 →Every word from Old Japanese 鎌倉 →Every word from Japanese 鎌倉 →
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