Where does “yamamomo” come from?

yamamomo (English) comes from Japanese 山桃, from Japanese 山, from Japanese 陰, from Middle Chinese 陰.

yamamomo (English): yangmei

Definitions

  1. yangmei

Ancestry of “yamamomo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese山桃Japanese bayberry
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 →