Where does “ქვირი” come from?

ქვირი (Mingrelian) comes from Proto-Georgian-Zan *pkwil-, from Proto-Kartvelian *pekw- — to grind.

ქვირი (Mingrelian): flour

Definitions

  1. flour

Ancestry of “ქვირი”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Georgian-Zan*pkwil-flour
2Proto-Kartvelian*pekw-to grind
Every word from Proto-Kartvelian *pekw- →Every word from Proto-Georgian-Zan *pkwil- →