Where does “turnippy” come from?

turnippy (English) comes 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, from Japanese 目.

turnippy (English): turniplike

Definitions

  1. turniplike

Ancestry of “turnippy”, step by step

turnippy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Y

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

via English turnip

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishturnipThe white root of a yellow-flowered plant,...
2Englishturnepe—
3Middle Englishnepeturnip
4Old Englishnǣpturnip, rape
5Latinnāpusturnip, field mustard (Brassica rapa)
6Ancient Greekνᾶπυmustard
7Demoticsnwpt—
Every word from Middle Chinese 目 →Every word from Japanese 目 →Every word from Old Japanese 夢 →