Thomas Wier
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Weekly Georgian Etymology: კავკასია ḳavḳasia 'Caucasus', learnèd borrowing of Greek Καύκασος, from Scythian *kroukas- 'shining like ice'. Originally just the Darial Pass, it may come from Georgia
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Weekly Georgian Etymology: ვარსკვლავი varsḳvlavi 'star', from Old Georgian ႥႠႰႱႩႳႪႠႥႨ varsḳulavi lit. 'glowing knot', compound of Kartvelian roots *var- glow and *sḳv- bind, knot
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Weekly Georgian Etymology: ბირჟა birža 'hangout place', from Russian биржа 'exchange, market' from (low) German Börse, < French bourse 'stock exchange', < Late Latin bursa 'leather purse
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Weekly Georgian Etymology: ბერძენი berdzeni 'Greek person', from Old Georgian ႡႤႰႻႤႬႨ berdzeni, perhaps via Megrelian or Abkhaz, from Greek Βυζάντιον, archaic city-state and later capital of the
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