чуваш

Etymology
Attested early 16th century in the obsolete form. whence modern 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬. In the 16th and 17th century the Russian term may have referred to a social estate rather than a particular ethnicity. Further etymology ; there are a number of hypotheses.
 * According to, from (compare modern 🇨🇬).
 * According to, perhaps related to , a Turkic name for a Xianbei clan in inner China, the Tuoba.
 * According to, from the or Suar people, a Turkic group mentioned in Byzantine and Arabic sources.

Noun

 * 1) a Chuvash