Where does “ქართლი” come from?

ქართლი (Old Georgian) comes from Proto-Kartvelian kart-, from Finnish kärsi, from Proto-Finnic karci — char, that has been burned and charred.

ქართლი (Old Georgian): Kartli

Definitions

  1. Kartli

Ancestry of “ქართლი”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kartveliankart-eastern Georgia, Georgians
2FinnishkärsiThird-person singular indicative past form of...
3Proto-Finnickarcichar, that has been burned and charred

Words derived from “ქართლი”

Every word from Proto-Finnic karci →Every word from Finnish kärsi →Every word from Proto-Kartvelian kart- →