Where does “jellyfish tree” come from?

jellyfish tree (English) comes from English jellyfish, from English Fish, from Middle English fisch, from Old English fisċ, from Proto-West Germanic fisk — fish.

jellyfish tree (English): A rare tree, Medusagyne oppositifolia, indigenous...

Definitions

  1. A rare tree, Medusagyne oppositifolia, indigenous...

Ancestry of “jellyfish tree”, step by step

jellyfish tree traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English jellyfish

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishjellyfishAn almost transparent aquatic animal; any one of...
2EnglishFishThe constellation and zodiacal sign Pisces
3Middle EnglishfischAn animal that inhabits the water or the meat of...
4Old Englishfisċfish
5Proto-West Germanicfiskfish

via English tree

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtreeA perennial woody plant, not exactly defined, but...
2Middle EnglishtreA tree or a plant that resembles one
Every word from Proto-West Germanic fisk →Every word from Old English fisċ →Every word from Middle English fisch →
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