English
Kartvelian
Kartvelian comes from Georgian ქართველი ‘Of Georgian descent’, and goes back to Proto-Kartvelian *kart-.
- Proto-Kartvelianprehistoric (reconstructed)*kart-reconstructed
- Old Georgianmodernქართველიkartveli
- Georgianmodernsame formkartveli‘Of Georgian descent’
- Englishearliest quotation 2025Kartvelian
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Kartvelianprehistoric (reconstructed)*kart-reconstructed
- Old Georgianmodernქართველიkartveli
- Georgianmodernsame formkartveli‘Of Georgian descent’
- Englishearliest quotation 2025Kartvelian
Earliest quotation: 2025, Tom Hercules Davies, Wheels: “But this is not just a borrowed label: in…”
Formed from -ian
Every English word from Proto-Kartvelian *kart-
Today it means
noun A member of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus, namely Georgians, Svans, Mingrelians and Laz.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Kartvelian *kart- / Kartvelian