Pliny places a tribe with this name in Lazio. The word-formation chain looks like this:
Querquetulani [kerketulani], adjective) <– Querquetuli [kerketuli], adjective) <– Querqueti [Kerketi], toponym) <– querqui [kerki], root)This is not the first time that European toponyms show the Georgian root “kerki” (ქერქი), which is translated from Kartvelian as “bark”. Hence “Kerketulani”
– “residents of the country of bark”. Bark was a valuable product in ancient times,
from which various products were made, from birch bark for writing to tar. Certain countries, apparently, specialized in its supply.
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