Step-by-step proof that "Abkhazia" is a Kartvelian word is as follows:
1. Phasis/Phasis (or more precisely, Pkhasis, since the Kartvelian languages , like, incidentally, ancient Greek, did not have the [f] sound), a river and city in Colchis, where Jason searched for the Golden Fleece, is present on ancient maps.
2. The word "ფასი" [phasi] in Chanturia's dictionary means "treasure", which is what the Golden Fleece was.
3. If you try to construct the phrase "country of treasure" using the Kartvelian toponymic suffix "-eti", you will get "ფასეთი" [phaseti/phaseti].
4. If you add the Phoenician definite article "A", you get "აფასეთი" [aphaseti/apkhaseti]. The letter "s" in intervocalic position (between vowels) is voiced in most languages. So, "Aphaseti" is identical to the form "Apkhazeti", in which Abkhazia is written in Georgian dictionaries.
5. If you need an additional "bridge" between "phaseti" and "Phasis", then this is the same alternation between "s" and "t", which is typical for dialects of the Greek language and which can be observed in the pair "Tartes-Tartet". Taking this alternation into account, "Phaset" = "Phases/Phasis", which is clearly the same thing. The conclusion from the evidence is as follows: "Abkhazia" is a Kartvelian word, derived from the root "phasi" - "treasure". Accordingly, Abkhazia is a Kartvelian land.
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