himkok

== Norwegian Bokmål == === Alternative forms === hjemmebrent, HB, hjembrent, hjemmebrent, heimert === Etymology === heim +‎ kok, first part him is a dialectal form of heim (“home”), from Old Norse heima, genitive indefinite plural form of heimr (“realm, region, village, home”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home, house, village”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos (“village, home”), *tḱóymos (“settlement, dwelling”), from o-grade form of *tḱey- (“to settle, dwell”) +‎ *-mos (action/result noun forming suffix). Last part from the verb koke (“to boil”), from Latin coquere, future passive indicative of coquō (“to cook, prepare food”), from earlier *quoquō, from Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō (“to cook”), from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti by p-kʷ assimilation, from *pénkʷe (“to be cooking, to be ripe”), from *pekʷ- (“to cook, become ripe”), via German Low German koken (“cook”) and late Proto-Germanic *kukōną (“cook”), from *kukaz (“cook”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhiːmkuːk/ Rhymes: -uːk Hyphenation: him‧kok === Noun === himkok m or n (definite singular himkoken or himkoket, indefinite plural himkoker or himkok, definite plural himkokene or himkoka) moonshine (high-proof alcohol that is often produced illegally) Synonyms: husfusel, heimert, hjemmebrent === References === “himkok” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).