Where does “лакрица” come from?
лакрица (Russian) comes from German lakritz, from Middle High German lakerize, from Latin liquiritia, from Latin glycyrrhiza, from Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα, from Ancient Greek γλυκύς, from Proto-Hellenic *dlukús.
лакрица (Russian): liquorice
Ancestry of “лакрица”, step by step