Where does “鎌倉山” come from?

鎌倉山 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 山, from Japanese 陰, from Middle Chinese 陰.

鎌倉山 (Japanese): the hilly area west of Kamakura; sometimes referring to the vicinity of Tsurugaoka Hachimangū Shrine

Definitions

  1. the hilly area west of Kamakura; sometimes referring to the vicinity of Tsurugaoka Hachimangū Shrine

Ancestry of “鎌倉山”, step by step

鎌倉山 traces back through 3 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 鎌倉

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鎌倉a placename, especially
2Old Japanese鎌倉a placename on the southeastern part of modern Kanagawa Prefecture
3Old Japanese竈oven

via Japanese Prefecture]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapanesePrefecture]]—
Every word from Middle Chinese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 山 →