Where does “南樺太” come from?

南樺太 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 南, from Middle Chinese 南.

南樺太 (Japanese): the southern part of Sakhalin below the 50th parallel north

Definitions

  1. the southern part of Sakhalin below the 50th parallel north

Ancestry of “南樺太”, step by step

南樺太 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 南

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese南the south; a southerly, south wind; to go south
2Middle Chinese南—

via Japanese 樺太

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese樺太—
Every word from Middle Chinese 南 →Every word from Japanese 南 →