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Where does “კარავი” come from?

კარავი (Georgian) comes from Greek καράβι, from Ancient Greek καράβιον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

კარავი (Georgian): tabernacle, tent

Definitions

  1. tabernacle, tent

Ancestry of “კარავი”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greekκαράβιship, boat, sailing ship
2Ancient Greekκαράβιον—
3Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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