Monday, September 2, 2013

GREEK TOPONYMS IN KARTVELIAN SURNAMES

Now let's take the toponyms from Ptolemy's map of Greece, then add to them -SHVILI and -DZE endings of Kartvelian surnames, and see how many real Kartvelian surnames we'll have.

Berga - Bergashvili
Orbeli (tribe) - Orbelidze, Orbeliani
Dolika - Dolikashvili
Daulia - Dauliashvili
Torona - Toronadze
Locri (tribe) - Lokridze
Bulia - Buliashvili
Korena - Korenashvili
Kamara - Kamaradze
Lakona - Lakonidze
Megara - Megarashvili

The above Kartvelian surnames are real.

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