Where does “ფოლორცი” come from?
ფოლორცი (Georgian) comes from Old Georgian ფოლოცი, from Old Armenian փողոց, from Old Armenian փող, from Persian پول, from Middle Persian pōl, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός, from Ancient Greek βέλος — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
ფოლორცი (Georgian): street; market; square
Ancestry of “ფოლორცი”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Georgian | ფოლოცი | — |
| 2 | Old Armenian | փողոց | street; throat; a passage between two lines of... |
| 3 | Old Armenian | փող | narrow passage; throat; neck; nostril |
| 4 | Persian | پول | a coin of inferior value; coin; money |
| 5 | Middle Persian | pōl | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |