Where does “whisky” come from?
Whisky derives from English usquebaugh, from Proto-Indo-European wódr̥ and wed-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w-, meaning to live or be alive.
whisky (English): An alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented...
Definitions
- An alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented...
Ancestry of “whisky”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | виски | whiskey / whisky; nominative/accusative plural of... |
| 2 | English | whiskey | A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of... |
| 3 | English | ey | An egg; An island; 1975 August 23, Black, Judie,... |
| 4 | English | they | A group of people, animals, plants, or objects... |
| 5 | English | the'e | Pronunciation spelling of there |
| 6 | English | there | In a place or location at some distance from the... |
| 7 | Old English | þær | there |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | þār | there |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | þar | there, in that place |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tar- | there |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |