fuisce
Irish (Donegal)
/ˈfˠɪʃcɪ/
noun
Definitions
- whiskey
Etymology
Borrowed from English whiskey 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
- nonwhiskey English
- sweet whiskey English
- usque English
- whiskey English
- whiskeyana English
- whiskeyed English
- whiskeyful English
- whiskeyize English
- whiskeyjack English
- whiskeyless English
- whiskeylike English
- whisky English
- viski Finnish
- wiski Finnish
- whisky Italian
- whiskey Dutch, Flemish
- виски Russian
- uisce beatha Irish
- ويسكي Arabic
- व्हिस्की Hindi
- wiski Cebuano
- chwisgi Welsh
- viski Turkish
- uisge beatha Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- uisge-beatha Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- wiski Tagalog
- וויסקיי Yiddish
- ויסקי Hebrew (modern)
- viski Estonian
- віскі Ukrainian
- віскі Belarusian
- وہسکی Urdu