Where does “Khevsureti” come from?

Khevsureti (English) comes from Georgian ხევსურეთი, from Georgian ხევსური, from Georgian ხევი, from Old Georgian ჴევი, from Proto-Georgian-Zan *qew- — ravine.

Khevsureti (English): A historical-ethnographic region in eastern Georgia

Definitions

  1. A historical-ethnographic region in eastern Georgia

Ancestry of “Khevsureti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GeorgianხევსურეთიKhevsureti
2GeorgianხევსურიPerson from Khevsureti
3Georgianხევიravine
4Old Georgianჴევიravine, gorge
5Proto-Georgian-Zan*qew-ravine
Every word from Proto-Georgian-Zan *qew- →Every word from Old Georgian ჴევი →Every word from Georgian ხევი →