Where does “tai” come from?

tai (English) comes from Japanese 鯛, from Old Japanese たい.

tai (English): A fish, the Japanese bream

Definitions

  1. A fish, the Japanese bream

Ancestry of “tai”, step by step

tai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 鯛

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese鯛sea bream (fish of the family Sparidae); porgy
2Old Japaneseたい—

via Chinese 戴

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese戴—

Words derived from “tai”

Every word from Old Japanese たい →