Where does “Яманаси” come from?

Яманаси (Russian) comes from Japanese 山梨, from Japanese 山, from Japanese 陰, from Middle Chinese 陰.

Ancestry of “Яманаси”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese山梨"Pyrus pyrifolia", especially P. p. var....
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 →