How was France called before? That's right, Gaul. What is "gaul" from the point of view of Kartvelian languages? This is a very typical Kartvelian adjective construction "-uli". When there are neither "L" nor "R" in the root, we have a right to use either "-ul" or "-ur" as suffix. From this point of view, the word "gaul" legitimately corresponds to "gaur".
Do you know what "gauri" is in Georgian? It means "to roll the R's". That is, to pronounce the letter "R" in the French manner...
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