Where does “მერძევე” come from?

მერძევე (Georgian) comes from Georgian რძე, from Old Georgian სძჱ, from Proto-Kartvelian *lʿʒ₁e- — milk.

მერძევე (Georgian): milkman

Definitions

  1. milkman

Ancestry of “მერძევე”, step by step

მერძევე traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Georgian რძე

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Georgianრძეmilk
2Old Georgianსძჱmilk
3Proto-Kartvelian*lʿʒ₁e-milk

via Proto-Georgian-Zan მე- -ე

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Georgian-Zanმე- -ე—
Every word from Proto-Kartvelian *lʿʒ₁e- →Every word from Old Georgian სძჱ →Every word from Georgian რძე →