Where does “Tbilisi” come from?

Tbilisi comes from Russian Тбили́си, borrowed from Georgian თბილისი, which derives from Old Georgian ტფილი, ultimately from Proto-Kartvelian ṭep-.

Ancestry of “Tbilisi”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Russian	Тбили́си	—
2	Georgian	თბილისი	—
3	Georgian	თბილი	warm
4	Old Georgian	ტფილი	warm
5	Proto-Kartvelian	ṭep-	to warm oneself

Words derived from “Tbilisi”

Tbilisian

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