Where does “shellycoat” come from?

shellycoat (English) comes from English shelly, from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢, from Old Japanese 夢.

shellycoat (English): A mythical water creature wearing a coat made of shells

Definitions

  1. A mythical water creature wearing a coat made of shells

Ancestry of “shellycoat”, step by step

shellycoat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English shelly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshellyComposed of the shells of dead marine creatures;...
2EnglishYA figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A...
3EnglishyuriA narrative or visual work featuring a romance or...
4Japanese百合lily
5Japanese連用形an inflectional category: the continuative or...
6Japanese見るto see, to watch, to observe, to look at...
7Japanesea dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state...
8Old Japanesea dream
9Japanesean order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger...
10Middle Chinese

via English coat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcoatAn outer garment covering the upper torso and...
2Middle EnglishcoteA coat, especially one worn as an undergarment or...
3Old Frenchcotteovershirt, tunic
4Frankishkottacoat
Every word from Middle Chinese