Where does “奈良山” come from?

奈良山 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 山, from Japanese 陰, from Middle Chinese 陰.

奈良山 (Japanese): the hills north of the ancient capital of 平城京 in present-day Nara

Definitions

  1. the hills north of the ancient capital of 平城京 in present-day Nara

Ancestry of “奈良山”, step by step

奈良山 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 山

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese山a mountain or hill; a mine; a heap, pile
2Japanese陰shadow, shade; hidden side; yin
3Middle Chinese陰—

via Japanese 奈良

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese奈良Nara city; Nara
2Old Japaneseなら—
Every word from Middle Chinese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 山 →