Where does “鯛魚” come from?

鯛魚 (Chinese) comes from Chinese 魚, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-ŋja — fish; tusk; tooth.

鯛魚 (Chinese): snapper

Definitions

  1. snapper

Ancestry of “鯛魚”, step by step

鯛魚 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 魚

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese魚fish
2Proto-Sino-Tibetans-ŋjafish; tusk; tooth

via Chinese 鯛

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese鯛—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan s-ŋja →Every word from Chinese 魚 →