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I have wondered for a while how long until the English world starts calling Georgia "Sakartvelo", considering that some other languages have already made the ch

• b4dot 4y ago
  I dunno Georgian but it really should be as Sakartvelo? Not like a base Kart(v) plus some local language changes for point of land? Because as I can see: - Fixes sa- and -o are for the area where X dwell⁰. For comapare, itʼs also used to sa-berʒn-eti «Greece»¹ sa-prang-eti «France»². - Suffix -eli is for the person is from X³. Also used for other people. Suffix -v- is debatable, maybe itʼs for places. So, I guess, in kinda Latin way itʼs Kart(v)ia. --- ⁰ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Georgia#Endonym https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Georgia#Endonym ¹ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/საბერძნეთი#Georgian https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/საბერძნეთი#Georgian ² https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/საფრანგეთი#Georgian https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/საფრანგეთი#Georgian ³ https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/2503906 https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/2503906