It was recorded for the first time in 1405 in Akta Grodzkie, the court documents from the Palatinate of Sandomierz in Poland.[8] At the time, the word vodka (w??dka) referred to chemical compounds such as medicines and cosmetics??? cleansers, while the popular beverage was called gorza??ka (from the Old Polish gorze?? meaning ???to burn???), which is also the source of Ukrainian horilka (?????????