Arnavut

arnavut Turkish Etymology Borrowed as tr ota آرناود arnavudآرناود 74 from the tr gkm - ethnonym gkm Ἀρβανίτης, after the syllable cluster van was rearranged through metathesis to nav giving the final Turkish forms as Arnavut and Arnaut. The Greek ethnonym is derived from the original term gkm Ἀλβανίτης as a process of rhotacism, turning Alv- into Arv-.Theißen, Ulrich (2007), p. 90. "Der ursprüngliche Name Ἀλβανίτης (abgeleitet von Ἀλβάνος) wurde im Neugriechischen zu Άρβανίτης [...]. In türkischer Vermittlung erfuhr die Silbe -van- eine Metathese zu -nav-, so dass die türkische Form des Namens für die Albaner arnavut bzw. arnaut Lautet. In dieser Form gelangte das Wort ins Bulgarische (BER I/1971: 15). [The original name Ἀλβανίτης (derived from Ἀλβάνος) became Ἀρβανίτης in Modern Greek [...]. In the transition to Turkish the syllable -van- underwent metathesis to -nav-, so that the Turkish form of the name for the Albanians became Arnavut or Arnaut. In this form, the word came into Bulgarian (BER I / 1971: 15).]""Malcolm, Noel. "Kosovo, a short history". London: Macmillan, 1998, p.29 "The name used in all these references is, allowing for linguistic variations, the same: 'Albanenses' or 'Arbanenses' in Latin, 'Albanoi' or 'Arbanitai' in Medieval Greek. (The last of these, with an internal switching of consonants, gave rise to the Turkish form 'Arnavud', from which 'Arnaut' was later derived.)" The original ethnonym stems from the name gkm Ἀλβάνος Albanian, from tr grc Ἀλβανοί. Pronunciation tr Proper noun Albanian (person) Declension tr Derived terms tr Arnavutluk Albania References tr Nationalities Ethnonyms