Where does “山田” come from?

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

山田 (Japanese): a place name

Definitions

  1. a place name

Ancestry of “山田”, step by step

山田 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 田

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese田rice paddy; cultivated field
2Japanese熊田Kumada (neighborhoods in Japan)
Every word from Middle Chinese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 山 →
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