Where does “Çıldır” come from?

Çıldır (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish چلدر, from Georgian ჩრდილოეთი, from Georgian -ეთი, from Proto-Georgian-Zan *-et.

Ancestry of “Çıldır”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishچلدر—
2Georgianჩრდილოეთიnorth
3Georgian-ეთიlocation suffix; geographical suffix
4Proto-Georgian-Zan*-et—
Every word from Proto-Georgian-Zan *-et →Every word from Georgian -ეთი →Every word from Georgian ჩრდილოეთი →