Etymograph

English

Mtskheta

Mtskheta comes from Georgian მესხი ‘Of Meskhetian descent’, and goes back to Old Georgian მესხი.

  1. Old Georgianmodernმესხი
  2. Georgianmodernsame form‘Of Meskhetian descent’
  3. Georgian, derivedmodernმცხეთაmcxeta
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1868Mtskheta

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Georgianmodernმესხი
  2. Georgianmodernsame form‘Of Meskhetian descent’
  3. Georgian, derivedmodernმცხეთაmcxeta
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1868Mtskheta

Earliest quotation: 1868, Route 20: London to Tiflis […]: “Beyond Gori the traveller will pass Mizkettra, the ancient…”

Every English word from Old Georgian მესხი

Today it means

name A city in the province of Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Georgia; one of the oldest cities in the country and historical capital of the ancient Kingdom of Iberia.

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

Etymograph / Old Georgian მესხი / Mtskheta

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