Where does “椰子蟹” come from?

椰子蟹 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 蟹, from Japanese 殻 — shell, crust, chaff; husk, hull; cinders, ashes.

椰子蟹 (Japanese): coconut crab

Definitions

  1. coconut crab

Ancestry of “椰子蟹”, step by step

椰子蟹 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 蟹

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese蟹a crab
2Japanese殻shell, crust, chaff; husk, hull; cinders, ashes

via Japanese 椰子

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese椰子the coconut palm, or more generally, any palm...
2Middle Chinese椰子—
Every word from Japanese 殻 →Every word from Japanese 蟹 →