სუანი

Old Georgian

Etymology

From Proto-Kartvelian *s₁wan- (“Svan”). The ethnonym is often connected with the name of a tribe Sanni, mentioned by various ancient Greek authors.

Noun

სუანი • (suani)

1. a person from Svaneti; Svan.

Descendants

• Georgian: სვანი (svani)

References

• Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 179
• Fähnrich, Heinz, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: University Press, page 418