Where does “steak” come from?

Steak comes from Middle English steike, from Old Norse steik, from Proto-Germanic staikō, originally meaning a piece of meat for roasting.

steak (English): beefsteak, a slice of beef, broiled or cut for...

Definitions

  1. beefsteak, a slice of beef, broiled or cut for...

Ancestry of “steak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishsteike
2Old Norsesteikroast
3Proto-Germanicstaikō

Words derived from “steak

Every word from Proto-Germanic staikō