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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 change:

https://www.rferl.org/a/lithuania-moves-change-official-name...



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.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Georgia#Endonym

¹ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/საბერძნეთი#Georgian

² https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/საფრანგეთი#Georgian

³ https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/2503906




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