Where does “მერვაასე” come from?

მერვაასე (Georgian) comes from Georgian რვაასი, from Georgian რვა, from Old Georgian რვაჲ, from Proto-Kartvelian arwa-, from Proto-Semitic ʔarbaʕ- — four.

მერვაასე (Georgian): eight-hundredth the ordinal form of the number eight hundred

Definitions

  1. eight-hundredth the ordinal form of the number eight hundred

Ancestry of “მერვაასე”, step by step

მერვაასე traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Georgian რვაასი

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Georgianრვაასიeight hundred
2Georgianრვაeight
3Old Georgianრვაჲeight
4Proto-Kartvelianarwa-eight
5Proto-Semiticʔarbaʕ-four

via Proto-Georgian-Zan მე- -ე

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Georgian-Zanმე- -ე—
Every word from Proto-Semitic ʔarbaʕ- →Every word from Proto-Kartvelian arwa- →Every word from Old Georgian რვაჲ →