Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin gentem.[1] Cognate to Italian gente, Spanish gente, and others. Also very likely related to Illyrian *Gentius, of the same Proto-Indo-European origin.

Noun edit

gjinde f pl

  1. folk
    Synonym: polem
  2. people
    Synonym: popull
  3. (Arbëresh) people, persons

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gjinde”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 136