Whisky Mates Blog
The Origin of Whisky
Did you know: The Scots Gaelic for aqua vitae (“water of life” in Latin) is Uisge Beatha, which is pronounced “oosh-kie bay-ahah”. This was abbreviated as simply uiskie in the 17th century and finally to the more familiar “whiskie” in the early 18th century. We now just call it Whisky. The more you know.
