Where does “梯弗里斯” come from?
梯弗里斯 (Chinese) comes from Russian Тифли́с, from Persian تفلیس, from Arabic تفليس, from Arabic فلس, from Aramaic פּוּלְסָא, from Ancient Greek φόλλις, from Latin follis, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵʰ-.
Ancestry of “梯弗里斯”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | Тифли́с | — |
| 2 | Persian | تفلیس | — |
| 3 | Arabic | تفليس | bankruptcy |
| 4 | Arabic | فلس | a small-denomination coin, penny; money, mazuma,... |
| 5 | Aramaic | פּוּלְסָא | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φόλλις | — |
| 7 | Latin | follis | bellows; purse, sack, money bag; a small value... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰelǵʰ- | to swell |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |