Where does “Իմերեթ” come from?
Իմերեթ (Armenian) comes from Georgian იმერეთი, from Georgian -ეთი, from Proto-Georgian-Zan *-et.
Ancestry of “Իմերեթ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Georgian | იმერეთი | — |
| 2 | Georgian | -ეთი | location suffix; geographical suffix |
| 3 | Proto-Georgian-Zan | *-et | — |