Where does “高足蟹” come from?

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

高足蟹 (Japanese): a Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi)

Definitions

  1. a Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi)

Ancestry of “高足蟹”, step by step

高足蟹 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 蟹

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

via Japanese 足

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese足foot; 脚 leg
2Old Japanese足—

via Japanese 高

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese高maximum, the limit; high, higher
2Middle Chinese高—
Every word from Japanese 殻 →Every word from Japanese 蟹 →