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Where does “ქართული” come from?

ქართული (Georgian) comes from Old Georgian ქართული, from Proto-Georgian-Zan kart-ul-, from Proto-Kartvelian kart-, from Finnish kärsi, from Proto-Finnic karci.

ქართული (Georgian): Of, from, or pertaining to the country of...

Definitions

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to the country of...

Ancestry of “ქართული”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old GeorgianქართულიGeorgian; Georgian language
2Proto-Georgian-Zankart-ul-—
3Proto-Kartveliankart-—
4FinnishkärsiThird-person singular indicative past form of...
5Proto-Finnickarci—
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