SC - Lord's Salt experiment. upcoming trial with venison

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- --- david friedman <ddfr at best.com> wrote:
> At 8:53 AM +0000 11/10/99, Nanna Rögnvaldardóttir
> wrote:
> 
> >You see, "steik" in Icelandic and Old Norse
> (English borrowed the
> >word from ON) can mean either roast or slice of
> meat; the original meaning
> >of the verb "steikja" is "to roast on a spit".
> 
> 
> Does this mean that the English words "steak" and
> "stake" ultimately 
> come from the same ON source?
> 
> David/Cariadoc
> http://www.best.com/~ddfr/

Not according to my dictionary.  "Stake" comes from
the OE word "staca" and akin to the MLG word "stake".

"Steak" comes from the ME word "steke", which comes
from ON word "steik".

Huette

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