WHISKEY IS THE WATER OF LIFE? 😉 whiskey (n.) 1715, from Gaelic uisge beatha “wh

WHISKEY IS THE WATER OF LIFE? 😉

whiskey (n.)
1715, from Gaelic uisge beatha “whisky,” literally “water of life,” from Old Irish uisce “water” (from PIE *ud-skio-, suffixed form of root *wed- (1) “water; wet”) + bethu “life” (from PIE *gwi-wo-tut-, suffixed form of *gwi-wo-,…