Where does “金目鯛” come from?

金目鯛 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鯛, from Old Japanese たい.

金目鯛 (Japanese): a splendid alfonsino

Definitions

  1. a splendid alfonsino

Ancestry of “金目鯛”, step by step

金目鯛 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 Japanese 金目

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese金目value
Every word from Old Japanese たい →Every word from Japanese 鯛 →