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Where does “ქვიშაქვა” come from?

ქვიშაქვა (Georgian) comes from Georgian ქვა, from Old Georgian ქვაჲ, from Proto-Kartvelian *kwa-.

ქვიშაქვა (Georgian): sandstone

Definitions

  1. sandstone

Ancestry of “ქვიშაქვა”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Georgianქვაstone
2Old Georgianქვაჲstone, boulder; eye
3Proto-Kartvelian*kwa-—
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