Why does int*[] decay into int** but not int[][]?

Question

I\'m trying to understand the nature of type-decay. For example, we all know arrays decay into pointers in a certain context. My attempt is to understand how int[]

Answer 1

Two dimensional arrays are not stored as pointer to pointers, but as a contiguous block of memory.

An object declared as type int[y][x] is a block of size sizeof(int) * x * y whereas, an object of type int ** is a pointer to an int*