Where does “uýt-ki” come from?
uýt-ki (Vietnamese) comes from French whisky, from English whisky, from Russian виски, from English whiskey, from English ey, from English they, from English the'e, from English there — this; that.
uýt-ki (Vietnamese): whisky
Definitions
- whisky
Ancestry of “uýt-ki”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | whisky | whisky, whiskey |
| 2 | English | whisky | An alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented... |
| 3 | Russian | виски | whiskey / whisky; nominative/accusative plural of... |
| 4 | English | whiskey | A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of... |
| 5 | English | ey | An egg; An island; 1975 August 23, Black, Judie,... |
| 6 | English | they | A group of people, animals, plants, or objects... |
| 7 | English | the'e | Pronunciation spelling of there |
| 8 | English | there | In a place or location at some distance from the... |
| 9 | Old English | þær | there |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | þār | there |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | þar | there, in that place |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | tar- | there |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |