וויסקי
Yiddish
editAlternative forms
edit- וויסקיי (viskey)
Etymology
editBorrowed from English whisky, whiskey (possibly via German Whisky and/or Russian ви́ски (víski)), from Irish uisce beatha, Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha (literally “water of life”), from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos (“water”) + *biwotos (“life”), from *biwos (“alive”), calque of Latin aqua vitae.
Noun
editוויסקי • (viski) m, plural וויסקיס (viskis)
Usage notes
edit- Note the masculine gender in current use in German, but now considered archaic in Russian.
See also
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- yi:Alcoholic beverages