Where does “Со́чи” come from?
Со́чи (Russian) comes from Georgian სოჭი, from Old Armenian սոճի, from Proto-Iranian sauč- — to burn.
Ancestry of “Со́чи”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Georgian | სოჭი | fir |
| 2 | Old Armenian | սոճի | pine, "Pinus" |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | sauč- | to burn |
Words derived from “Со́чи”