Where does “ステーキ” come from?
ステーキ (Japanese) comes from English steak, from Middle English steike, from Old Norse steik, from Proto-Germanic staikō.
ステーキ (Japanese): steak
Ancestry of “ステーキ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | steak | beefsteak, a slice of beef, broiled or cut for... |
| 2 | Middle English | steike | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | steik | roast |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | staikō | — |