Where does “ქართველი” come from?

ქართველი (Georgian) comes from Old Georgian ქართველი, from Proto-Kartvelian kart-, from Finnish kärsi, from Proto-Finnic karci — char, that has been burned and charred.

ქართველი (Georgian): Of Georgian descent; person from the country of...

Definitions

  1. Of Georgian descent; person from the country of...

Ancestry of “ქართველი”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old GeorgianქართველიGeorgian
2Proto-Kartveliankart-eastern Georgia, Georgians
3FinnishkärsiThird-person singular indicative past form of...
4Proto-Finnickarcichar, that has been burned and charred

Words derived from “ქართველი”

Every word from Proto-Finnic karci →Every word from Finnish kärsi →Every word from Proto-Kartvelian kart- →