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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Georgianკახეთი—
2Georgian-ეთიlocation suffix; geographical suffix
3Proto-Georgian-Zan*-et—
Every word from Proto-Georgian-Zan *-et →Every word from Georgian -ეთი →Every word from Georgian კახეთი →