Where does “Kamakura” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Kamakura”, 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 →