Where does “ბეჩავი” come from?
ბეჩავი (Georgian) comes from Georgian ბედშავი, from Georgian შავი, from Old Georgian შავი, from Proto-Iranian cyaHwáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćyaHwás, from Proto-Indo-European ḱyeh₁-wó-s — dark; deep brown.
ბეჩავი (Georgian): poor, wretched; pitiable
Ancestry of “ბეჩავი”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Georgian | ბედშავი | unlucky |
| 2 | Georgian | შავი | black |
| 3 | Old Georgian | შავი | — |
| 4 | Proto-Iranian | cyaHwáh | black-brown, dark brown, dark |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćyaHwás | black-brown, dark-brown, dark |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱyeh₁-wó-s | dark; deep brown |