Where does “whiskey” come from?
whiskey (French) 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.
whiskey (French): whiskey
Ancestry of “whiskey”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | whisky | An alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented... |
| 2 | Russian | виски | whiskey / whisky; nominative/accusative plural of... |
| 3 | English | whiskey | A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of... |
| 4 | English | ey | An egg; An island; 1975 August 23, Black, Judie,... |
| 5 | English | they | A group of people, animals, plants, or objects... |
| 6 | English | the'e | Pronunciation spelling of there |
| 7 | English | there | In a place or location at some distance from the... |
| 8 | Old English | þær | there |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | þār | there |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | þar | there, in that place |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tar- | there |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |