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Whiskey or Whisky?

Whiskey is a shortened form of usquebaugh, which English borrowed from Irish Gaelic uisce beatha and Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha. This compound descends from Old Irish uisce, ?water,? and bethad, ?of life,? and meaning literally ?water of life.? (It thus meant the same thing as the name of another drink, aquavit, which comes from Latin aqua vtae, ?water of life.?) Uisce comes from the Indo-European suffixed form *ud-skio-.
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Whiskey is a shortened form of usquebaugh, which English borrowed from Irish Gaelic uisce beatha and Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha. This compound descends from Old Irish uisce, ?water,? and bethad, ?of life,? and meaning literally ?water of life.? (It thus meant the same thing as the name of another drink, aquavit, which comes from Latin aqua vtae, ?water of life.?) Uisce comes from the Indo-European suffixed form *ud-skio-.
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Jolly good show old chap.
 
Originally posted by: Skyclad1uhm1
Whiskey is a shortened form of usquebaugh, which English borrowed from Irish Gaelic uisce beatha and Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha. This compound descends from Old Irish uisce, ?water,? and bethad, ?of life,? and meaning literally ?water of life.? (It thus meant the same thing as the name of another drink, aquavit, which comes from Latin aqua vtae, ?water of life.?) Uisce comes from the Indo-European suffixed form *ud-skio-.
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Why am I not surprised at this??



😀 :beer: :wine: 😀
 
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