C# Convert xmlnode to key value pair

Question

I am trying to convert the below xml

<variants>
    <item>
        <name>sport</name>
        <description>sport desc</description>   
        <item-values>           
            <item-value>
               <item>ball</item>
               <value>stichball</value>
            </item-value>
        </item-values>          
    </item>
</variants>

to xml like below as the nodes splitted to key value pair

<variants>
    <item name="sport" description="sport desc">
        <item-values>           
            <item-value item="ball" value="stichball"/>         
        </item-values>              
    </item>
</variants>

Is it possible to make this in a generic way