Where does “ჯვეში” come from?

ჯვეში (Mingrelian) comes from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒ₁wel-, from Proto-Kartvelian ʒ₁w- — to be old.

ჯვეში (Mingrelian): old

Definitions

  1. old

Ancestry of “ჯვეში”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Georgian-Zan*ʒ₁wel-old, decrepit
2Proto-Kartvelianʒ₁w-to be old
Every word from Proto-Kartvelian ʒ₁w- →Every word from Proto-Georgian-Zan *ʒ₁wel- →