Where does “räkiä” come from?

räkiä (Finnish) comes from Serbo-Croatian rakija, from Turkish rakı, from Ottoman Turkish راقی, from Arabic عَرَقِيّ, from Arabic عَرَق, from Arabic عرق, from Arabic ر, from Arabic رَأَى — to see.

räkiä (Finnish): to spit saliva

Definitions

  1. to spit saliva

Ancestry of “räkiä”, step by step

räkiä traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian rakija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianrakijarakija
2Turkishrakıraki
3Ottoman Turkishراقیliqueur, brandy, raki
4Arabicعَرَقِيّof liquor
5Arabicعَرَقsweat; liquor; sweat; wine; raisin liquor
6Arabicعرقto strip of flesh, to nibble; to be emaciated; to...
7Arabicرsecond-person masculine singular active...
8Arabicرَأَىto see

via Finnish ia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishiaObsolete spelling of ja
2Finnishjaand; AND
3Proto-Finnicjaand
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish räkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishräkäsnot; rheum, water; saliva
2Proto-Finnicräkäsnot
3Proto-Germanichrēkąsaliva; snot
Every word from Arabic رَأَى →Every word from Arabic ر →Every word from Arabic عرق →