Where does “根付き魚” come from?

根付き魚 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 魚, from Middle Chinese 魚 — fish.

根付き魚 (Japanese): a non-migratory fish that lives among the roots...

Definitions

  1. a non-migratory fish that lives among the roots...

Ancestry of “根付き魚”, step by step

根付き魚 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 魚

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese魚a fish; a fish, "especially" when used as food; a...
2Middle Chinese魚fish

via Japanese 根付き

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese根付きrootedness, rooted plants
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