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

Definitions

  1. steak

Ancestry of “ステーキ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishsteakbeefsteak, a slice of beef, broiled or cut for...
2Middle Englishsteike—
3Old Norsesteikroast
4Proto-Germanicstaikō—
Every word from Proto-Germanic staikō →Every word from Old Norse steik →Every word from Middle English steike →