uisge-beatha

See also: uisge beatha

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *wed-
    Proto-Indo-European *-r̥
    Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥der.
    Proto-Celtic *udenskyos
    Old Irish uisce
    Scottish Gaelic uisge
    Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-
    Proto-Indo-European *-wós
    Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós
    Proto-Celtic *biwos
    Proto-Celtic *-tūts
    Proto-Celtic *biwotūts
    Old Irish bethu
    Scottish Gaelic beatha
    Medieval Latin aqua vītaecalq.
    Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha

    From uisge (“water”) + beatha (“life”) as a calque of Medieval Latin aqua vitae (“water of life”), from Proto-Celtic *udenskyos (“water”) and *biwotos (“life”), from *biwos (“alive”).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈɯʃkʲəˈpɛhə/

    Noun

    uisge-beatha m (genitive singular uisge-bheatha, plural uisgeachan-beatha)

    1. whisky

    Mutation

    Mutation of uisge-beatha
    radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
    uisge-beatha n-uisge-beatha h-uisge-beatha t-uisge-beatha

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    Descendants

    • English: → usquebaugh, water of life, whisky
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