Where does “ცხელი” come from?
ცხელი (Georgian) comes from Old Georgian ცხელი, from Proto-Georgian-Zan c₁x-e-, from Proto-Kartvelian c₁x- — burn, give off heat.
ცხელი (Georgian): hot
Ancestry of “ცხელი”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Georgian | ცხელი | hot |
| 2 | Proto-Georgian-Zan | c₁x-e- | heat |
| 3 | Proto-Kartvelian | c₁x- | burn, give off heat |