Where does “ბოჯეღი” come from?

ბოჯეღი (Laz) comes from Ottoman Turkish بوجك, from Proto-Turkic bȫgček, from Proto-Turkic bȫg — insect; tarantula; a kind of spider; wolf-spider.

ბოჯეღი (Laz): bug, insect

Definitions

  1. bug, insect

Ancestry of “ბოჯეღი”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبوجكinsect, any arthropod in the Insecta class characterized by six legs
2Proto-Turkicbȫgček—
3Proto-Turkicbȫginsect; tarantula; a kind of spider; wolf-spider
Every word from Proto-Turkic bȫg →Every word from Proto-Turkic bȫgček →Every word from Ottoman Turkish بوجك →