Where does “山川” come from?

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

山川 (Japanese): mountains and rivers; mountain rivers

Definitions

  1. mountains and rivers; mountain rivers

Ancestry of “山川”, step by step

山川 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 川

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese川river, stream, brook
2Japanese石川Ishi River (rivers in Japan)

Words derived from “山川”

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