Where does “Svaneti” come from?

Svaneti (English) comes from Georgian სვანეთი, from Georgian სვანი, from Old Georgian სუანი, from Proto-Kartvelian *s₁wan- — Svan person.

Svaneti (English): А historic-geographic province in Georgia (a country in the Caucasus)

Definitions

  1. А historic-geographic province in Georgia (a country in the Caucasus)

Ancestry of “Svaneti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GeorgianსვანეთიSvan region
2Georgianსვანიperson from Svaneti; Svan
3Old Georgianსუანიa person from Svaneti; Svan
4Proto-Kartvelian*s₁wan-Svan person

Words derived from “Svaneti”

Every word from Proto-Kartvelian *s₁wan- →Every word from Old Georgian სუანი →Every word from Georgian სვანი →