Where does “გია” come from?
გია (Georgian) comes from Georgian გიორგი, from Old Georgian გიორგი, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος, from Ancient Greek γεωργός, from Ancient Greek γεω-, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
გია (Georgian): juniper tree
Definitions
- juniper tree
Ancestry of “გია”, step by step
გია traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Georgian გიორგი
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgian | გიორგი | — |
| 2 | Old Georgian | გიორგი | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Γεώργιος | farmer, earth-worker |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γεωργός | tilling the ground; fertilizing; farmer |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γεω- | earth; earth- |
| 6 | Latin | -logia | -logy; the study of |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |