viski

Meaning

whiskey/whisky

Concepts

whiskey

whisky

Irish

🇮🇪

usque

Translations

whisky

Whisky

whisky

whisky

uísque

whisky

whisky

ουίσκυ

ويسكي

ουίσκι

whiskey

vischium

güisqui

whisky

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: ویسکی

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.