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

Definitions

  1. 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

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 大

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese大big, large; the large part of; arch-
2Old Japanese大big, large; large
3Proto-Japonicəpəbig, large; many

Words derived from “大山猫”

Every word from Middle Chinese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 山 →