Where does “she-mullet” come from?

she-mullet (English) comes from English she, from Middle English sche, from Old English hēo, from Germanic *hiju, from Proto-Germanic hijō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe- — demonstrative particle; here; this, here.

she-mullet (English): A mullet (hairstyle) on a girl or woman

Definitions

  1. A mullet (hairstyle) on a girl or woman

Ancestry of “she-mullet”, step by step

she-mullet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English she

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsheThe female person or animal previously mentioned...
2Middle EnglishscheThird-person singular feminine pronoun: she; It;...
3Old Englishhēoshe
4Germanic*hiju
5Proto-Germanichijōshe; nominative singular feminine of *hiz
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱe-demonstrative particle; here; this, here

via English mullet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmulletA fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes)
2Middle Englishmolet
3Old Frenchmuletmullet
4Latinmullusmullet
5Ancient GreekμύλλοςA kind of fish brought salted from the Black Sea;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱe-