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Lutefisk

2 stages from Swedish/Norwegian to English.

Today it means a traditional Scandinavian dish of whitefish preserved and rehydrated using lye
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Stage 1 of 2
lutfisk
Swedish/Norwegian · medieval
"lye-soaked fish"
literally lye fish, describing whitefish preserved by soaking in lye
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Stage 2 of 2
lutefisk
English · 1859
"whitefish preserved by soaking in lye"
adopted directly for the traditional Scandinavian preserved fish dish
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