Where does “ბიუსტჰალტერი” come from?
ბიუსტჰალტერი (Georgian) comes from German Büstenhalter, from German Büste, from French buste, from Italian busto, from Latin bustum, from Latin urere, from Latin uro, from Proto-Italic ouzō — to burn.
ბიუსტჰალტერი (Georgian): brassiere, bra
Ancestry of “ბიუსტჰალტერი”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Büstenhalter | brassiere |
| 2 | German | Büste | bust; dummy |
| 3 | French | buste | bust, torso; bust |
| 4 | Italian | busto | tomb, grave; cadaver, corpse; bust |
| 5 | Latin | bustum | A burial mound, tomb; A place for burning funeral... |
| 6 | Latin | urere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | uro | I burn, consume, inflame; to rage, to ravage |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | ouzō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ews- | to burn |