Where does “საქართველო” come from?
საქართველო (Georgian) comes from Old Georgian საქართველო, from Old Georgian ქართველი, from Proto-Kartvelian kart-, from Finnish kärsi, from Proto-Finnic karci — char, that has been burned and charred.
Ancestry of “საქართველო”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Georgian | საქართველო | — |
| 2 | Old Georgian | ქართველი | Georgian |
| 3 | Proto-Kartvelian | kart- | eastern Georgia, Georgians |
| 4 | Finnish | kärsi | Third-person singular indicative past form of... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | karci | char, that has been burned and charred |