этнос

Russian

noun+

Definitions

ethnicity, ethnic group, tribe, ethnos

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔθνος (nation, country, tribe, people, a company, later a people, group, heathen) derived from Proto-Indo-European *swedh-no-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*swedh-no-

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

ethno- English
ethnie French
etnia Spanish, Castilian
ἐθνάρχης Ancient Greek
ἐθνικός Ancient Greek
ἔθνος Ancient Greek
*swedh-no- Proto-Indo-European
*swedʰ-no- Proto-Indo-European
έθνος Greek (modern)
ϩⲉⲑⲛⲟⲥ Coptic
ⲉⲑⲛⲟⲥ Coptic