Where does “ფქვილი” come from?

ფქვილი (Georgian) comes from Old Georgian ფქვილი, from Proto-Georgian-Zan pkw-il-, from Proto-Kartvelian pek-, from Proto-Kartvelian pk- — to grind.

ფქვილი (Georgian): flour

Definitions

  1. flour

Ancestry of “ფქვილი”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Georgianფქვილიflour; millstone
2Proto-Georgian-Zanpkw-il-—
3Proto-Kartvelianpek-—
4Proto-Kartvelianpk-to grind
Every word from Proto-Kartvelian pk- →Every word from Proto-Kartvelian pek- →Every word from Proto-Georgian-Zan pkw-il- →