Where does “ძმადნაფიცი” come from?

ძმადნაფიცი (Georgian) comes from Georgian ძმა, from Old Georgian ძმაჲ, from Proto-Kartvelian ʒ₁am- — brother.

ძმადნაფიცი (Georgian): close comrade

Definitions

  1. close comrade

Ancestry of “ძმადნაფიცი”, step by step

ძმადნაფიცი traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Georgian ძმა

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Georgianძმაbrother
2Old Georgianძმაჲbrother
3Proto-Kartvelianʒ₁am-brother

via Georgian ფიცავს

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Georgianფიცავსto swear
Every word from Proto-Kartvelian ʒ₁am- →Every word from Old Georgian ძმაჲ →Every word from Georgian ძმა →