uisce
Old Irish
/ˈusʲkʲe/
noun
Definitions
- water
Etymology
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
- whiskified English
- whisky English
- whiskyless English
- Utus Latin
- aqua vitae Latin
- unda Latin
- Whisky German
- whisky Hungarian
- whisky Dutch, Flemish
- whiskey French
- whisky French
- whisky Spanish, Castilian
- ὕδρα Ancient Greek
- ὕδωρ Ancient Greek
- *wed- Proto-Indo-European
- *wódr̥ Proto-Indo-European
- whisky Norwegian Bokmål
- whisky Portuguese
- *watōr Proto-Germanic
- whisky Swedish
- ウイスキー Japanese
- whisky Polish
- whisky Norwegian Nynorsk
- उदक Sanskrit
- aoluisce Irish
- beathuisce Irish
- uisce Irish
- uisce beatha Irish
- uisce-obach Irish
- uiscechlár Irish
- uiscedhíonach Irish
- uisceshaothrú Irish
- uiscigh Irish
- uiscí Irish
- whisky Danish
- *voda Proto-Slavic
- *vědro Proto-Slavic
- whisky Czech
- whisky Catalan, Valencian
- viskí Icelandic
- whisky Galician
- วิสกี้ Thai
- uisge Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- uisge beatha, uisge (beatha) Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- uisge-beatha Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ushtagh Manx
- ushtee Manx
- ushtey Manx
- ushtoil Manx
- whisky Norman
- ဝီစကီ Burmese
- *biwotos Proto-Celtic
- *udenskyos Proto-Celtic
- 威士忌 Chinese
- *udá Proto-Indo-Iranian
- whisky Slovak
- wiski Swahili
- 위스키 Korean
- វីស្គី Central Khmer
- wódka Lower Sorbian
- *wandō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- whisky Kalaallisut, Greenlandic
- 𒉿𒀀𒋻 Hittite
- *wär Proto-Tocharian
- wundan Old Prussian
- weski Abenaki
- 𐌖𐌕𐌖𐌓 Umbrian
- βέδυ Phrygian
- *adur Illyrian