uisge
Gaelic (Scots)
/ˈɯʃkʲə/
noun
Definitions
- water
- rain, shower
- river, stream
- (rare) wave
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish uisce inherited from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos (water) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (water).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wódr̥
Gloss
water
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
水
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Hadrian English
- whisky English
- Utus Latin
- aqua vitae Latin
- unda Latin
- ὕδρα Ancient Greek
- ὕδωρ Ancient Greek
- *wed- Proto-Indo-European
- *wódr̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *watōr Proto-Germanic
- उदक Sanskrit
- uisce Irish
- *voda Proto-Slavic
- *vědro Proto-Slavic
- uisce Old Irish
- uisge-beatha Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ushtey Manx
- allvee- Estonian
- joogivesi Estonian
- vesi Estonian
- vesimelon Estonian
- vesinik Estonian
- vesiveski Estonian
- veski Estonian
- *veci Proto-Finnic
- *biwotos Proto-Celtic
- *udenskyos Proto-Celtic
- *udá Proto-Indo-Iranian
- wódka Lower Sorbian
- *wandō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- 𒉿𒀀𒋻 Hittite
- *wär Proto-Tocharian
- wundan Old Prussian
- 𐌖𐌕𐌖𐌓 Umbrian
- βέδυ Phrygian
- *adur Illyrian