Where does “西サハラ” come from?

西サハラ (Japanese) comes from Japanese 西, from Japanese し, from Middle Chinese 氏.

Ancestry of “西サハラ”, step by step

西サハラ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 西

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese西west; the West; wind blowing from the west
2JapaneseしConjunctive particle. Follows items in a list of...
3Middle Chinese氏—

via Japanese サハラ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseサハラSahara desert
Every word from Middle Chinese 氏 →Every word from Japanese し →Every word from Japanese 西 →