Where does “tai” come from?

tai (Translingual) comes from English tai, from Japanese 鯛, from Old Japanese たい.

Ancestry of “tai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtaiA fish, the Japanese bream
2Japanese鯛sea bream (fish of the family Sparidae); porgy
3Old Japaneseたい—
Every word from Old Japanese たい →Every word from Japanese 鯛 →Every word from English tai →