Where does “山小屋” come from?

山小屋 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 山, from Japanese 陰, from Middle Chinese 陰.

山小屋 (Japanese): mountain hut

Definitions

  1. mountain hut

Ancestry of “山小屋”, step by step

山小屋 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 小屋

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese小屋cottage, hut, cabin, shed; playhouse; pen
2Japanese小smallness; small size, small; Short for 小の月;...
3Old Japaneseささ—

Words derived from “山小屋”

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