Where does “ყავისფერი” come from?
ყავისფერი (Georgian) comes from Georgian ფერი, from Turkish peri, from Ottoman Turkish پری, from Persian پری, from Persian پر, from Middle Persian purr, from Proto-Iranian pr̥Hnáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pr̥Hnás — to fill.
ყავისფერი (Georgian): brown
Ancestry of “ყავისფერი”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Georgian | ფერი | color, hue; look-alike |
| 2 | Turkish | peri | fairy, pixie |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | پری | — |
| 4 | Persian | پری | sprite or supernatural being in Iranian/Persian... |
| 5 | Persian | پر | full; feather; wing |
| 6 | Middle Persian | purr | — |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | pr̥Hnáh | full, filled |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pr̥Hnás | full, filled |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₁nós | full |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₁- | to fill |