Monday, September 2, 2013

ITALIAN TOPONYMS IN KARTVELIAN SURNAMES

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

Asta - Astashvili
Sabata - Sabatadze
Genua - Genuashvili
Tigula - Tigulashvili
Oskela - Oskelashvili
Karaka - Karakashvili
Matua - Matuashvili
Kupra - Kupradze
Sora - Soradze
Kapsa - Kapsadze
Buba - Bubashvili
Nola - Noladze
Tselia - Tseliashvili
Sipa - Sipashvili
Ama - Amashvili
Luna - Lunashvili
Megara - Megarashvili
Makama - Makamashvili

The above Kartvelian surnames are real.

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