Where does “საბერძნეთი” come from?

საბერძნეთი (Georgian) comes from Georgian ბერძენი, from Ancient Greek Βυζάντιον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

Ancestry of “საბერძნეთი”, step by step

საბერძნეთი traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Georgian ბერძენი

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GeorgianბერძენიGreek person
2Ancient GreekΒυζάντιον
3Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
4Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Georgian სა- -ეთი

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Georgianსა- -ეთი
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Ancient Greek -ῐονEvery word from Ancient Greek Βυζάντιον