Where does “雀鯛” come from?

雀鯛 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 鯛, from Old Japanese たい.

雀鯛 (Japanese): a Chromis notata (pearl-spot chromis)

Definitions

  1. a Chromis notata (pearl-spot chromis)

Ancestry of “雀鯛”, step by step

雀鯛 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 雀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese雀a Eurasian tree sparrow
Every word from Old Japanese たい →Every word from Japanese 鯛 →