In Spanish, the word for "birch" is abedul. As we already know, true linguists interpret the suffix -ul unequivocally—it corresponds to the Kartvelian adjective (-uli). We have applied this reasoning many times, and it has always led us to the correct conclusion.
Naturally, the adjective abeduli must originate from the noun abeda or abedi. In Chanturia’s Georgian dictionary, both words appear with nearly identical meanings. Specifically, abedi (აბედი) translates to tinder—that is, wood rot or fungus.
Do you know the name of one of the most well-known tinder mushrooms (Inonotus obliquus)? That’s right—it’s called the birch mushroom, also known as chaga.
Thus, abedi is tinder fungus, while abeduli denotes "tinder" in the sense of a tree.
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