Kartvelian -shvili : patronymic?

From: Joao S. Lopes
Message: 27668
Date: 2003-11-26

What's the meaning of suffix SHVILI in Kartvelian surnames? Is it a patronymic? Does it mean "son of"?
For example Stalin's surname Djugashvili: Djuga's son?
 
Joao SL


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