Where does “შინდი” come from?

შინდი (Mingrelian) comes from Georgian შინდი, from Proto-Balto-Slavic sind-, from Proto-Indo-European sísdeti, from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- — to sit.

Ancestry of “შინდი”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Georgianშინდიcornelian cherry (Cornus mas)
2Proto-Balto-Slavicsind-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansísdetito be sitting down
4Proto-Indo-Europeansḗd-to sit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḗd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sísdeti →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic sind- →
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