whisky
English
/ˈwɪski/
noun
Definitions
- (chiefly) An alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented grain and usually aged in oak barrels.
- (chiefly) A drink of this liquor.
- (historical) A light gig or carriage.
Etymology
Derived from Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha (water of life) derived from Irish uisce beatha (water of life).
Origin
Irish (Donegal)
uisce beatha
Gloss
water of life
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- usque English
- whiskey English
- whiskified English
- whiskyless English
- aqua vitae Latin
- Aquavit German
- Whisky German
- whisky Hungarian
- whiskyk Hungarian
- whisky Italian
- whisky Dutch, Flemish
- whiskey French
- whisky French
- whiskería Spanish, Castilian
- whisky Spanish, Castilian
- *wed- Proto-Indo-European
- whisky Norwegian Bokmål
- whisky Portuguese
- whisky Swedish
- ウイスキー Japanese
- whisky Polish
- whisky Norwegian Nynorsk
- uisce Irish
- uisce beatha Irish
- akvavit Danish
- whisky Danish
- whiskysovs Danish
- whisky Czech
- whisky Catalan, Valencian
- viskí Icelandic
- whisky Galician
- whisky Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- วิสกี้ Thai
- uisce Old Irish
- uisge Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- uisge beatha Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- uisge beatha, uisge (beatha) Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- uisge-beatha Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ushtey Manx
- whisky Norman
- uýt-ki Vietnamese
- ဝီစကီ Burmese
- *udenskyos Proto-Celtic
- 威士忌 Chinese
- whisky Slovak
- wiski Swahili
- 위스키 Korean
- វីស្គី Central Khmer
- whisky Kalaallisut, Greenlandic
- weski Abenaki