Where does “kartveliškas” come from?
kartveliškas (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian kartvèlas, from Georgian ქართველი, from Old Georgian ქართველი, from Proto-Kartvelian kart-, from Finnish kärsi, from Proto-Finnic karci — char, that has been burned and charred.
kartveliškas (Lithuanian): Georgian pertaining to Georgia
Definitions
- Georgian pertaining to Georgia
Ancestry of “kartveliškas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lithuanian | kartvèlas | male of Georgian ethnicity |
| 2 | Georgian | ქართველი | Of Georgian descent; person from the country of... |
| 3 | Old Georgian | ქართველი | Georgian |
| 4 | Proto-Kartvelian | kart- | eastern Georgia, Georgians |
| 5 | Finnish | kärsi | Third-person singular indicative past form of... |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | karci | char, that has been burned and charred |