uisge-beatha
Gaelic (Scots)
/ˈɯʃkʲəˈpɛhə/
noun
Definitions
- whisky
Etymology
Derived from Latin aqua vitae (spirits, water of life).
Origin
Latin
aqua vitae
Gloss
spirits, water of life
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- usque English
- whiskey English
- whiskified English
- whisky English
- whiskyless English
- aqua vitae Latin
- utrem Latin
- Aquavit German
- Whisky German
- whisky Hungarian
- whisky Italian
- whisky Dutch, Flemish
- whiskey French
- whisky French
- во́дка Russian
- whisky Spanish, Castilian
- ὑδρο- Ancient Greek
- ὕδωρ Ancient Greek
- *u-né-d-ti, *u-n-d-énti Proto-Indo-European
- *udreh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *udréh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *udrós Proto-Indo-European
- *wed- Proto-Indo-European
- *wedro- Proto-Indo-European
- *wédōr Proto-Indo-European
- *wódr̥ Proto-Indo-European
- whisky Norwegian Bokmål
- whisky Portuguese
- *waskaną Proto-Germanic
- *wet Proto-Germanic
- *wētijaną Proto-Germanic
- whisky Swedish
- ウイスキー Japanese
- whisky Polish
- whisky Norwegian Nynorsk
- uisce beatha Irish
- akvavit Danish
- whisky Danish
- whisky Czech
- whisky Catalan, Valencian
- viskí Icelandic
- whisky Galician
- วิสกี้ Thai
- wâter Middle Dutch
- uisce Old Irish
- uisge beatha Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- uisge beatha, uisge (beatha) Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- whisky Norman
- ဝီစကီ Burmese
- *biwotos Proto-Celtic
- *udenskyos Proto-Celtic
- *utnio- Proto-Celtic
- 威士忌 Chinese
- whisky Slovak
- wiski Swahili
- 위스키 Korean
- វីស្គី Central Khmer
- *udrijā Proto-Albanian
- *wandō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- whisky Kalaallisut, Greenlandic
- weski Abenaki