BORUSCI

The name of the tribe placed by Ptolemy above modern Belarus probably includes the Megrelian possessive suffix "-ski", like the names of other European tribes. The root "boru" can be interpreted from the Kartvelian angle, but so far it will not be convincing.

While using the Georgian language as evidence that the "Prussians" are the former "Borusci", which had been only an assumption so far, is absolutely appropriate. In Chanturia's dictionary, the archaic word "brusi" (ბრუსი) is translated as "Prussian". The connection "brusi" - "boruski" is unlikely to be disputed by anyone. We must be getting accustomed to using the Kartvelian languages ​​​​as an arbitrator in matters that seem to have nothing to do with Georgia.