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Where does “nonwhiskey” come from?

nonwhiskey (English) comes from English whiskey, from English ey, from English they, from English the'e, from English there, from Old English þær, from Proto-West Germanic þār, from Proto-Germanic þar — this; that.

nonwhiskey (English): Not of or pertaining to whiskey

Definitions

  1. Not of or pertaining to whiskey

Ancestry of “nonwhiskey”, step by step

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