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