Where does “オオヤマネコ属” come from?

オオヤマネコ属 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 大山猫, from Japanese 山猫, from Japanese 山, from Japanese 陰, from Middle Chinese 陰.

オオヤマネコ属 (Japanese): Lynx

Definitions

  1. Lynx

Ancestry of “オオヤマネコ属”, step by step

オオヤマネコ属 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 大山猫

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese大山猫a Eurasian lynx
2Japanese山猫a wildcat (Felis silvestris)
3Japanese山a mountain or hill; a mine; a heap, pile
4Japanese陰shadow, shade; hidden side; yin
5Middle Chinese陰—

via Japanese 属

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese属a genus
2Middle Chinese屬—
Every word from Middle Chinese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 山 →