горілка

Ukrainian

noun
Definitions
  • Any distilled alcoholic liquor: vodka, whisky, brandy, etc.
  • Specifically, a clear distilled alcoholic liquor of Eastern European origin, made from grain mash, potatoes, or their peelings; vodka.
  • Such a liquor of Ukrainian origin, as opposed to Russian or Polish vodka; horilka.

Etymology

Derived from Polish gorzałka derived from Old East Slavic горѣти (burn) derived from Proto-Slavic *gorěti (burn) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (warm, hot, heat, warmhot, be warm) derived from German Branntwein (brandy) derived from Russian горе́лка.

Origin

Russian

горе́лка

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