Where does “wiski” come from?
wiski (Tagalog) comes from English whiskey, from English usque, from English usquebaugh, from Irish uisce beatha, from Medieval Latin aqua vitae, from Latin vita, from Latin vivo, from Proto-Italic gʷīwō — to live.
wiski (Tagalog): whiskey
Ancestry of “wiski”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | whiskey | A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of... |
| 2 | English | usque | whisky |
| 3 | English | usquebaugh | Whisky |
| 4 | Irish | uisce beatha | whiskey |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | aqua vitae | distilled alcohol; spirits |
| 6 | Latin | vita | life; living, support, subsistence; a way of life |
| 7 | Latin | vivo | I live; I am alive, I survive; I reside in |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |