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-.

Tbilisi (English): The government of Georgia

Definitions

  1. The government of Georgia

Ancestry of “Tbilisi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianТбили́си—
2Georgianთბილისი—
3Georgianთბილიwarm
4Old Georgianტფილიwarm
5Proto-Kartvelianṭep-to warm oneself

Words derived from “Tbilisi”

Every word from Proto-Kartvelian ṭep- →Every word from Old Georgian ტფილი →Every word from Georgian თბილი →