whiskey
English
/ˈwɪski/, /ˈʍɪski/
noun
Definitions
- (Ireland) A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley).
- (Ireland) A drink of whiskey.
- (historical) A light gig or carriage; a tim-whiskey.
- The letter W in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish uisce beatha (water of life) borrowed from Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha (water of life) derived from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos (water) derived from Latin aqua vitae (spirits, water of life) root from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (water, wet).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wed-
Gloss
water, wet
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
水
Emoji
⚓️ ⛵️ 🌊 🏄️ 🏊️ 🏖️ 🏝️ 🐃 🐋 🐙 🐚 🐟️ 🐠 🐡 🐢 🐬 🐳 🔫 🚢 🚣 🚤 🚿 🛁 🛥️ 🛳️ 🤽 🦀 🦆 🦈 🦐 🦑
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Guthrie's sweet whiskey English
- jack English
- nonwhiskey English
- sweet English
- sweet whiskey English
- usque English
- whiskeyana English
- whiskeyed English
- whiskeyful English
- whiskeyize English
- whiskeyjack English
- whiskeyless English
- whiskeylike English
- whisky English
- viski Finnish
- viskibasso Finnish
- viskipullo Finnish
- viskisieppo Finnish
- wiski Finnish
- aqua vitae Latin
- utrem Latin
- Aquavit German
- whisky Italian
- whiskey Dutch, Flemish
- виски Russian
- во́дка Russian
- ὑδρο- Ancient Greek
- ὕδωρ Ancient Greek
- *u-né-d-ti, *u-n-d-énti Proto-Indo-European
- *udreh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *udréh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *udrós Proto-Indo-European
- *wed- Proto-Indo-European
- *wedro- Proto-Indo-European
- *wédōr Proto-Indo-European
- *wódr̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *waskaną Proto-Germanic
- *wet Proto-Germanic
- *wētijaną Proto-Germanic
- fuisce Irish
- uisce beatha Irish
- akvavit Danish
- ويسكي Arabic
- व्हिस्की Hindi
- wiski Cebuano
- chwisgi Welsh
- wâter Middle Dutch
- viski Turkish
- uisce Old Irish
- uisge beatha Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- uisge-beatha Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- wiski Tagalog
- וויסקיי Yiddish
- ויסקי Hebrew (modern)
- viski Estonian
- *biwotos Proto-Celtic
- *udenskyos Proto-Celtic
- *utnio- Proto-Celtic
- віскі Ukrainian
- віскі Belarusian
- وہسکی Urdu
- *udrijā Proto-Albanian
- *wandō Proto-Balto-Slavic