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Ghvino- ღვინო

Have you noticed that the western words for wine- vin, vino, wine, wein- are very similar to each other? Many of those words seem to be borrowings, since the people in those countries historically did not grow grapes and make wine. On the other hand the oldest wine-making site discovered anywhere in the world thus far is in Georgia and its probable that the western words for wine may have derived from the Georgian word for wine- Ghvino (ღვინო).  It’s also believed that the Georgian script has been modeled after the shape of the vine`s curly offshoots. ⁣Which is a living testament to the incredibly old age of Georgian language as well as the legendarily ancient tradition of wine-making. The script you see...

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