Where does “სიძნელე” come from?

სიძნელე (Georgian) comes from Georgian ყვითელი, from Old Georgian ყჳთელი — yellow.

სიძნელე (Georgian): difficulty, perplexity, tickler

Definitions

  1. difficulty, perplexity, tickler

Ancestry of “სიძნელე”, step by step

სიძნელე traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Georgian ყვითელი

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Georgianყვითელიyellow
2Old Georgianყჳთელიyellow

via Georgian ძნელი

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Georgianძნელიdifficult, hard

via Georgian სი- -ე

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Georgianსი- -ეhood, -ity, -ness
Every word from Old Georgian ყჳთელიEvery word from Georgian ყვითელი
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