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Leak

2 stages from Old Norse to English.

Today it means the unwanted escape of liquid or gas through a crack or hole, or disclosed secret information
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Stage 1 of 2
leka
Old Norse · medieval
"to drip, to let escape"
to drip, to let liquid escape through a crack
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Stage 2 of 2
leak
English · 1300s
"liquid or gas escaping through an unwanted opening"
settled as the English word for liquid escaping through an unwanted opening
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