PHRYGIA

The name of the ancient region of central Anatolia is unique due to the fact that its possible Kartvelian nature, and at the same time the correct pronunciation, is calculated indirectly, through the Slavic languages.

First of all, we find this root in Latin and other European languages, where it is quite common in the form of "frigio" meaning "cold", as well as "frigid" meaning "indifferent", "sluggish", "frail". At the same time, it is worth remembering that the "y" (aka Greek upsilon) in ancient Greek was pronounced as [u]. Third, the letter "phi" as the sound [f] is a modern Greek phenomenon. In ancient Greek, "phi" was pronounced as [p(h)], like the Georgian letter "ფ", and should rather be associated with the letter "p" in different languages.

Therefore, we have the right to conclude that the country in ancient times was called "Prugia" and was associated with cold. This is not hard to believe, since Phrygia/Prugia is located on a highland, and the temperature there is really colder than on the coasts. As for the meaning of the root "prug", it has not been preserved in its pure form in modern Kartvelian languages. But it did exist. And the proof of this, as strange as it may seem, is the Ukrainian word "uprugiy". It belongs to a group of Ukrainian/Russian words in which the initial "u-" is interpreted as a common Georgian negative prefix. The meaning of the word "uprugiy" is "not sluggish", "not weak", "not relaxed". Having discarded "u-" as a Kartvelian prefix, we are left with the root "prug" in the meaning opposite to the word "resilient", namely, "flaccid", "frail", which, as has already been said, coincides with the meaning of the common Latin root "frig".

There is also additional evidence, already from the Greek language. It's the word "φρύγιος" ([frigios] in modern Greek, [prugios] in ancient Greek), which is interpreted as ξηρὸς [heros]. In turn, "ξηρὸς" means:

1) dry; 1a) relating to members of the body deprived of natural juices, wrinkled, dried up; 1b) related to the land

That is, "frugos" (through "heros") again describes sluggishness, relaxation, while the word "frigid" describes the same sluggishness in combination with coldness. Thus, not only the true sound of the popular historical toponym (Prugia) is restored, but its Kartvelian meaning is also established, despite the fact that in the Kartvelian languages ​​this word has already disappeared. But it remains in Ukrainian in the combination with another Kartvelian morpheme.