Where does “ქორთული” come from?

ქორთული (Mingrelian) comes from Proto-Georgian-Zan kart-ul-, from Proto-Kartvelian kart-, from Finnish kärsi, from Proto-Finnic karci — char, that has been burned and charred.

ქორთული (Mingrelian): Georgian of inanimate objects

Definitions

  1. Georgian of inanimate objects

Ancestry of “ქორთული”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Georgian-Zankart-ul-—
2Proto-Kartveliankart-eastern Georgia, Georgians
3FinnishkärsiThird-person singular indicative past form of...
4Proto-Finnickarcichar, that has been burned and charred
Every word from Proto-Finnic karci →Every word from Finnish kärsi →Every word from Proto-Kartvelian kart- →