sashimi – Thinly sliced raw fish with a sauce, it is a compound formed from sashi, “pierce,” and mi, “flesh.” More…
point – “Sharp end” is the etymological notion underlying point, from Latin pungere, “pierce, prick.” More…
stake – Meaning “post,” it comes from a Germanic base meaning “pierce, prick.” More…
stick – Comes from Germanic meaning “be sharp, pierce, prick”; the piercing notion led to “becoming fixed in something” and then “adhering.” More…