Arnaut

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἈλβανοί
2. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromآرناوود“an Albanian”
3. Turkish · derived fromarnavut
4. English todayArnaut

From Turkish arnavut, from Ottoman Turkish آرناوود (arnavut, “an Albanian”). Entered Ottoman Turkish from the Medieval Greek ethnonym Arvanitis (Ἀρβανίτης) after the syllable cluster van was rearranged through metathesis to nav giving the final Turkish forms as Arnavut and Arnaut. Meanwhile in Greek the name Arvanitis was derived from the original term Alvanitis (Ἀλβάνίτης) as a process of rhotacism Alv- into Arv-. In return Alvanitis stems from the name Alvanos (Ἀλβάνος) Albanian, from Ancient Greek Ἀλβανοί (Albanoí).