Where does “山寺” come from?

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

山寺 (Japanese): a mountain temple

Definitions

  1. a mountain temple

Ancestry of “山寺”, step by step

山寺 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 寺

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese寺a temple
2Middle Chinese寺—
Every word from Middle Chinese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 山 →