Where does “Tiflis” come from?
Tiflis (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish تفليس, from Persian تفلیس, from Arabic تفليس, from Arabic فلس, from Aramaic פּוּלְסָא, from Ancient Greek φόλλις, from Latin follis, from Proto-Indo-European bʰelǵʰ-.
Ancestry of “Tiflis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | تفليس | — |
| 2 | Persian | تفلیس | — |
| 3 | Arabic | تفليس | bankruptcy |
| 4 | Arabic | فلس | a small-denomination coin, penny; money, mazuma,... |
| 5 | Aramaic | פּוּלְסָא | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φόλλις | — |
| 7 | Latin | follis | bellows; purse, sack, money bag; a small value... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰelǵʰ- | to swell |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |