Where does “大山猫” come from?
大山猫 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 山猫, from Japanese 山, from Japanese 陰, from Middle Chinese 陰.
大山猫 (Japanese): a Eurasian lynx
Ancestry of “大山猫”, step by step
大山猫 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 山猫
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 山猫 | a wildcat (Felis silvestris) |
| 2 | Japanese | 山 | a mountain or hill; a mine; a heap, pile |
| 3 | Japanese | 陰 | shadow, shade; hidden side; yin |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 陰 | — |
via Japanese 大
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 大 | big, large; the large part of; arch- |
| 2 | Old Japanese | 大 | big, large; large |
| 3 | Proto-Japonic | əpə | big, large; many |