Where does “やまねこ座” come from?

やまねこ座 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 山猫, from Japanese 山, from Japanese 陰, from Middle Chinese 陰.

やまねこ座 (Japanese): Lynx

Definitions

  1. Lynx

Ancestry of “やまねこ座”, step by step

やまねこ座 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 山猫

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese山猫a wildcat (Felis silvestris)
2Japanese山a mountain or hill; a mine; a heap, pile
3Japanese陰shadow, shade; hidden side; yin
4Middle Chinese陰—

via Japanese 座

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese座names of constellations; names of theaters
2Middle Chinese座—
Every word from Middle Chinese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 山 →