Where does “ძველი” come from?

ძველი (Georgian) comes from Old Georgian ძუელი, from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒ₁wel-, from Proto-Kartvelian ʒ₁w- — to be old.

ძველი (Georgian): old; previous; thief in law

Definitions

  1. old; previous; thief in law

Ancestry of “ძველი”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Georgianძუელიold
2Proto-Georgian-Zan*ʒ₁wel-old, decrepit
3Proto-Kartvelianʒ₁w-to be old

Words derived from “ძველი”

Every word from Proto-Kartvelian ʒ₁w- →Every word from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒ₁wel- →Every word from Old Georgian ძუელი →