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Where does “威士忌” come from?

威士忌 (Chinese) comes from English whisky, from Russian виски, from English whiskey, from English ey, from English they, from English the'e, from English there, from Old English þær — this; that.

威士忌 (Chinese): whiskey

Definitions

  1. whiskey

Ancestry of “威士忌”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwhiskyAn alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented...
2Russianвискиwhiskey / whisky; nominative/accusative plural of...
3EnglishwhiskeyA liquor distilled from the fermented mash of...
4EnglisheyAn egg; An island; 1975 August 23, Black, Judie,...
5EnglishtheyA group of people, animals, plants, or objects...
6Englishthe'ePronunciation spelling of there
7EnglishthereIn a place or location at some distance from the...
8Old Englishþærthere
9Proto-West Germanicþārthere
10Proto-Germanicþarthere, in that place
11Proto-Indo-Europeantar-there
12Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
13Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
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