The Primary Chronicle contains the whole pantheon of Russian pagan gods, among which there is some Simargl.
Those famila wih the Georgian language should remember that the si-prefix is used to form abstract nouns. Like 'silamaze' (beauty) made out of 'lamazi' (beautiful). Then 'simargle' similarly would be an abstract noun with margli/margla as its root.
Quite likely it is the 'margvla' (მარგვლა) verb that means 'weeding', 'hoeing'. Which is an agricultural action. Note that when conjugated the 'v'-letter changes its position: 'марглавс' (he hoes).
What relation did Simargl have to agriculture? A direct one. At least, Rybakov, the academician, considers him to be a god of plants, seeds, roots and crops.
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