სუანი
Old Georgian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Kartvelian *s₁wan- (“Svan”). The ethnonym is often connected with the name of a tribe Sanni, mentioned by various ancient Greek authors.
Noun
editსუანი • (suani)
Descendants
edit- Georgian: სვანი (svani)
References
edit- Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 179
- Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc, Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000) Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 418