Where does “山井” come from?

山井 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 山, from Japanese 陰, from Middle Chinese 陰.

山井 (Japanese): a mountain well

Definitions

  1. a mountain well

Ancestry of “山井”, step by step

山井 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 井

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese井well; well, well curb; Well
2Middle Chinese井—
Every word from Middle Chinese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 山 →