Where does “Kartvelio” come from?
Kartvelio (Esperanto) comes from Georgian ქართველი, from Old Georgian ქართველი, from Proto-Kartvelian kart-, from Finnish kärsi, from Proto-Finnic karci.
Ancestry of “Kartvelio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Georgian | ქართველი | Of Georgian descent; person from the country of... |
| 2 | Old Georgian | ქართველი | Georgian |
| 3 | Proto-Kartvelian | kart- | — |
| 4 | Finnish | kärsi | Third-person singular indicative past form of... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | karci | — |