Where does “Օսեթիա” come from?
Օսեթիա (Armenian) comes from Georgian ოსეთი, from Georgian ოსი, from Old Georgian ოვსი — Ossetian.
Ancestry of “Օսեթիա”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Georgian | ოსეთი | Ossetia |
| 2 | Georgian | ოსი | Ossetian |
| 3 | Old Georgian | ოვსი | Ossetian |