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HUMOUR
ukraine

HUMOUR

Che Tosco May 24, 2025

The Georgian word ხუმრობა ( humroba ) means "to joke." Its root, "humr-," is unmistakably present in the words "humor," "…

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EUROPE
stunner

EUROPE

Che Tosco May 13, 2025

The etymology of the word "Europe" is quite clear. As expected, its structure is perfectly Megrelian . The term "Európa" follows the Megr…

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ORANGE, NARANJA, LARANJA
stunner

ORANGE, NARANJA, LARANJA

Che Tosco May 13, 2025

As is well known, the word "orange" appears in European languages in at least three closely related forms: orange , naranja , and laranja —found in …

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CALETES, CATURIGES, CUGERNI, TIGURINI
france

CALETES, CATURIGES, CUGERNI, TIGURINI

Che Tosco March 23, 2025

These ancient French tribes have purely Kartvelian structures: KAL+ETI, KAT+UR+IGI, KUG+ER+N+I, TIG+UR+IN+I The interpretations ​​of the roots are many. For n…

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VOLCAE
ukraine

VOLCAE

Che Tosco March 23, 2025

This warlike Celtic or proto-Germanic tribe lived on the Rhine, as well as in the south of France. If it is assumed that the name is Kartvelian (more precisel…

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EBURONI
megrelian

EBURONI

Che Tosco March 23, 2025

This French tribe makes it to our list thanks to the Georgian masdar "ebureba", which has the "ebur" root and end with the Laz "-oni&q…

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PICTONES
scotland

PICTONES

Che Tosco March 23, 2025

Obviously, the tribe uses the same root that we were able to restore through the Lithuanian language, where we found the "pyktibe" verb as an equival…

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BITURIGES
france

BITURIGES

Che Tosco March 23, 2025

The construction "biturig" is clearly Kartvelian, although not clear enough even to some Georgians. This is a combination of the adjective "bit…

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ARMORICANI
germany

ARMORICANI

Che Tosco March 23, 2025

The name of one of the tribes of Ancient France begins with the Kartvelian negative prefix "ar(a)". We remember it from the Spanish tribe of Arawaki…

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TARBES
france

TARBES

Che Tosco March 23, 2025

The origin of the southern French town of Tarbes becomes clear right after we find its relative on the map of Ptolemy, who placed the tribe "Tarbely"…

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OCCITANIA
laz

OCCITANIA

Che Tosco March 23, 2025

Similarly to the large number of similar toponyms on Ptolemy's map, we have a right to interpret "Occitania" as derived from the toponym "Ox…

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AVIGNON
france

AVIGNON

Che Tosco March 23, 2025

The name of this city is pronounced [avinion]. Considering that it was known in Latin as "Avenio", we have a right (or rather, an obligation) to ass…

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PERPIGNAN
france

PERPIGNAN

Che Tosco March 23, 2025

The word "Perpignan" can and should be interpreted as a Kartvelian adjective "perpiniani", derived from a certain root "perp(in)-"…

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MARSEILLE
megrelian

MARSEILLE

Che Tosco March 23, 2025

The ancient forms of the name "Marseille" - "Marselia" and "Massalia" - show Kartvelian suffixes "-el" and "-al&qu…

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ETOILE
megrelian

ETOILE

Che Tosco March 23, 2025

Far-fetched but beautiful. Write in Google "stars are eyes" and find a lot of examples about the eyes of the gods, eyes of angels, eyes of the dead, …

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GAUL
georgia

GAUL

Che Tosco March 23, 2025

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 Kartve…

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GRENOBLE
france

GRENOBLE

Che Tosco March 23, 2025

The official etymology of the French city Grenoble traces its origins to a distorted form of the ancient name Grazianopolis , a Latinized toponym purportedly …

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