159: water and vodka May 16, 2015

The Old English word for water is 'wæter', of Germanic origin, and as is the case with a great many words, especially for basic things, the word 'water' comes from an Indo-European root. This word shared by Latin 'unda', which means ‘wave’, and the Greek hudōr, meaning ‘water’. This root is also shared Russian word 'voda'; compare with 'vodka'. Therefore, so called "Russian water" is actually Russian water.