Where does “ბაბუაშენი” come from?

ბაბუაშენი (Georgian) comes from Georgian შენი, from Old Georgian შჱნი, from Middle Iranian šēn.

ბაბუაშენი (Georgian): your grandfather

Definitions

  1. your grandfather

Ancestry of “ბაბუაშენი”, step by step

ბაბუაშენი traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Georgian შენი

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Georgianშენიyour (singular), yours
2Old Georgianშჱნი—
3Middle Iranianšēn—

via Georgian ბაბუა

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Georgianბაბუაgrandfather, grandpa
2Proto-Kartvelianbaba-—
Every word from Middle Iranian šēn →Every word from Old Georgian შჱნი →Every word from Georgian შენი →