Where does “შურიშხა” come from?

შურიშხა (Mingrelian) comes from Georgian შური, from Proto-Kartvelian s₁ul- — soul, spirit, smell.

შურიშხა (Mingrelian): Saturday

Definitions

  1. Saturday

Ancestry of “შურიშხა”, step by step

შურიშხა traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Georgian შური

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Georgianშურიenvy, begrudge, covet
2Proto-Kartvelians₁ul-soul, spirit, smell

via Mingrelian დღა

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mingrelianდღაday
2Proto-Kartveliandeɣ-day
Every word from Proto-Kartvelian s₁ul- →Every word from Georgian შური →