Where does “ქვეგვარი” come from?

ქვეგვარი (Georgian) comes from Georgian გვარი, from Old Georgian [[გუარი]] ~ [[გოვარი]] ← *გოარი, from Middle Persian gwhl, from Old Persian gauθra.

ქვეგვარი (Georgian): subgenus

Definitions

  1. subgenus

Ancestry of “ქვეგვარი”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Georgianგვარიsurname; breed, family, kind, name, sort, stock;...
2Old Georgian[[გუარი]] ~ [[გოვარი]] ← *გოარი
3Middle Persiangwhlsubstance, essence, nature; jewel; stock, lineage
4Old Persiangauθra
Every word from Old Persian gauθraEvery word from Middle Persian gwhlEvery word from Old Georgian [[გუარი]] ~ [[გოვარი]] ← *გოარი