Where does “ბაბუაჩემი” come from?

ბაბუაჩემი (Georgian) comes from Georgian ჩემი, from Proto-Kartvelian *čwem-.

ბაბუაჩემი (Georgian): the speaker's grandfather; my grandfather

Definitions

  1. the speaker's grandfather; my grandfather

Ancestry of “ბაბუაჩემი”, step by step

ბაბუაჩემი traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Georgian ჩემი

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Georgianჩემიmy, mine (possession), singular first person possessive pronoun
2Proto-Kartvelian*čwem-—

via Georgian ბაბუა

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Georgianბაბუაgrandfather, grandpa
2Proto-Kartvelianbaba-—
Every word from Proto-Kartvelian *čwem- →Every word from Georgian ჩემი →