chwisgi
Welsh
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
- (North Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈχwɪsɡi/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈwɪsɡi/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /ˈhwɪsɡi/
- (South Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈwɪsɡi/
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