Where does “Вакаяма” come from?

Вакаяма (Russian) comes from Japanese 和歌山, from Japanese 山, from Japanese 陰, from Middle Chinese 陰.

Ancestry of “Вакаяма”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese和歌山—
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 →