KARTVELIAN TOPONYMS IN IRELAND AND BRITAIN

The brightest toponym in Ireland is the name of the local tribe Iverni, mentioned on ancient maps. It leaves no doubts as to the Kartvelian origin of local people, since the word Iverni is the impeccably Kartvelian plural form of the word Iveri. So, literally Iverni means just Ivers (Ibers). And those were not the Ibers that came to Ireland from Spain, as some think. It's the Kartvelian (Georgian) Ibers, becasue the name of their tribe is constructed stricly according to the rules of Kartvelian grammar. By the way, Hibernians means the same, although in a crooked way: Hibernians => Ibernians => Ivernians => Iverni.

Ireland. Photo of Kartvelian History & Language Research Center (antoshananarivu.livejournal.com)

We already told about many words that amusingly coincide in Kartvelian and Welsh languages. It's no coincidence, in fact. The old Welsh system of sheep counting is the only place on Earth that preserved the Kartvelian root for 'eight' - 'overo'. In Kartvelian 'eight' is 'rva', while 'eighteen' is 'vrameti'. The place were the two nations could coexist is, in particular, Ukraine, where Kartvelians were identified by Herodotus as Scythians-Georgi, while the Welsh (Cymry) people were known by the name of Cymmerians.

Another toponym that strengthens the Kartvelian-Welsh ties is the Britain's ancientest tribe of Siluri placed by Ptolemy right in Wales. The toponym contains the Kartvelian uri-suffix of adjectives, while the sil(i) root in Kartvelian means 'ხველის სენი', which is 'coughing disease'. Would it be natural to assume that the Cymmerians that had been used to mild climate of Ukraine didn't feel themselves well in humid lands of British Isles? That they coughed? So, 'siluri' in Kartvelian means 'a coughing person'. By the way, the Silures were of dark complexion and with curly hair (see the Fayyum portraits and read the Herodotus' account of Egyptians settling in Kolchida).

The possible origin of Liverpool's name is told about in a separate entry dedicated to the Lubs. For now we'll only draw your attention to the fact that the city is neighbouring a town of Culcheth, which more than resembles the toponym of Colcheti. Even the final T is aspirated - TH - the way it is in Kartvelian.

And finally, the tribe of Lobuni, also placed by Ptolemy close to Wales, more or less near Bristol. We'll tell about it in the Lub-entry.