Etymograph

English

Meskheti

Meskheti comes from Georgian მესხეთი, from მესხი ‘Of Meskhetian descent’, and ultimately from Old Georgian მესხი.

  1. Old Georgianmodernმესხი
  2. Georgianmodernsame form‘Of Meskhetian descent’
  3. Georgian, derivedmodernმესხეთიmesxeti
  4. EnglishtodayMeskheti

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Georgianmodernმესხი
  2. Georgianmodernsame form‘Of Meskhetian descent’
  3. Georgian, derivedmodernმესხეთიmesxeti
  4. EnglishtodayMeskheti

Today it means

name a mountainous area in southwestern Georgia.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old Georgian მესხი / Meskheti