Where does “Yamashiro” come from?

Yamashiro (Portuguese) comes from Japanese 山城, from Japanese 山, from Japanese 陰, from Middle Chinese 陰.

Ancestry of “Yamashiro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese山城Yamashiro Province, an old province of Japan
2Japanese山a mountain or hill; a mine; a heap, pile
3Japanese陰shadow, shade; hidden side; yin
4Middle Chinese陰—
Every word from Middle Chinese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 陰 →Every word from Japanese 山 →