Etymograph

English

Tush

Tush comes from Georgian თუშ.

  1. Georgianmodernთუშtuš-
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1879Tush

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Georgianmodernთუშtuš-
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1879Tush

Earliest quotation: 1879, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. X: “The Tush or Mosok appears to be fundamentally a…”

Today it means

noun Synonym of Tushetian, the people of Tusheti in northeastern Georgia.

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

Etymograph / Georgian თუშ / Tush