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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shelly | Composed of the shells of dead marine creatures;... |
| 2 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 3 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 4 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 5 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 6 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 7 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 8 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 9 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 10 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |