Where does “Cheri” come from?

Cheri derives from Sherry, which comes from Jerez, a city in Spain whose name originated in Arabic Šarīš, of unknown ultimate origin.

Ancestry of “Cheri”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	chéri	past participle of chérir; cherished; beloved;...
2	Ottoman Turkish	شرع	religious law, sharia
3	Arabic	شَرْع	—
4	Arabic	ـِيّ	{{n-g\|suffix used to derive adjectives and...