Where does “山縞馬” come from?

山縞馬 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 山, from Japanese 陰, from Middle Chinese 陰.

山縞馬 (Japanese): a mountain zebra

Definitions

  1. a mountain zebra

Ancestry of “山縞馬”, step by step

山縞馬 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 縞馬

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese縞馬a zebra
2Japanese馬a horse; a promoted bishop; a sawhorse: a...
3Middle Chinese馬—
Every word from Middle Chinese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 山 →