Where does “山桃” come from?

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

山桃 (Japanese): Japanese bayberry

Definitions

  1. Japanese bayberry

Ancestry of “山桃”, step by step

山桃 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 桃

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese桃peach; peach tree

Words derived from “山桃”

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