viski

Bedeutung (Englisch)

whiskey/whisky

Frequenz

B2
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Ottoman Turkish ویسکی (viski), from English whiskey, whisky, from Irish uisce beatha, from Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha (literally “water of life”), from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos (“water”) + *biwotos (“life”), from *biwos (“alive”), calque of Latin aqua vitae.

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