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Where does “viski” come from?

viski (Finnish) 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.

viski (Finnish): whiskey/whisky

Definitions

  1. whiskey/whisky

Ancestry of “viski”, 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

Words derived from “viski”

  • viskipullo
  • viskisieppo
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