Where does “Megrelian” come from?

Megrelian (English) comes from Georgian მეგრელი, from Old Georgian მეგრელი, from Proto-Georgian-Zan egr- — referred to Western Kartvelian tribes, namely Mingrelians.

Megrelian (English): Mingrelian

Definitions

  1. Mingrelian

Ancestry of “Megrelian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GeorgianმეგრელიMingrelian
2Old GeorgianმეგრელიMingrelian
3Proto-Georgian-Zanegr-referred to Western Kartvelian tribes, namely Mingrelians
Every word from Proto-Georgian-Zan egr- →Every word from Old Georgian მეგრელი →Every word from Georgian მეგრელი →