Where does “鎌倉山” come from?

鎌倉山 (Old Japanese) comes from Old Japanese 鎌倉, from Old Japanese 竈 — oven.

鎌倉山 (Old Japanese): the mountains around present-day Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture; sometimes referring to the vicinity of the present Tsurugaoka Hachimangū Shrine

Definitions

  1. the mountains around present-day Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture; sometimes referring to the vicinity of the present Tsurugaoka Hachimangū Shrine

Ancestry of “鎌倉山”, step by step

鎌倉山 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Japanese 鎌倉

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

via Old Japanese 山

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Japanese山a mountain
2Proto-Japonic*yamamountain
Every word from Old Japanese 竈 →Every word from Old Japanese 鎌倉 →