Where does “富士山” come from?

富士山 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 山, from Japanese 陰, from Middle Chinese 陰.

富士山 (Japanese): Mount Fuji

Definitions

  1. Mount Fuji

Ancestry of “富士山”, step by step

富士山 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 富士

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese富士a hill resembling Mount Fuji
2Old Japanese富士—
3Ainuフヂfire

Words derived from “富士山”

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