Where does “ראקי” come from?

ראקי (Ladino) comes from Turkish rakı, from Ottoman Turkish راقی, from Arabic عَرَقِيّ, from Arabic عَرَق, from Arabic عرق, from Arabic ر, from Arabic رَأَى — to see.

ראקי (Ladino): arak

Definitions

arak

Ancestry of “ראקי”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Turkish	rakı	raki
2	Ottoman Turkish	راقی	liqueur, brandy, raki
3	Arabic	عَرَقِيّ	of liquor
4	Arabic	عَرَق	sweat; liquor; sweat; wine; raisin liquor
5	Arabic	عرق	to strip of flesh, to nibble; to be emaciated; to...
6	Arabic	ر	second-person masculine singular active...
7	Arabic	رَأَى	to see

Every word from Arabic رَأَى →Every word from Arabic ر →Every word from Arabic عرق →