Etymology

Borrowing from English whiskey, from Irish uisce beatha and Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha ‎(literally “water of life”), calque of Latin aqua vitae, from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos ‎(“water”) + Proto-Celtic *biwotos ‎(“life”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈχwɪskɪ/