Unknown. It has been connected with Scottish Gaelic eitean (“kernel, core”) and Old Armenian ունդ (und, “pulse”).
ἔτνος • (étnos) n (genitive ἔτνους); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ ἔτνος tò étnos |
τὼ ἔτνει tṑ étnei |
τᾰ̀ ἔτνη tà étnē | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἔτνους toû étnous |
τοῖν ἐτνοῖν toîn etnoîn |
τῶν ἐτνῶν tôn etnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἔτνει tôi étnei |
τοῖν ἐτνοῖν toîn etnoîn |
τοῖς ἔτνεσῐ / ἔτνεσῐν toîs étnesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἔτνος tò étnos |
τὼ ἔτνει tṑ étnei |
τᾰ̀ ἔτνη tà étnē | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἔτνος étnos |
ἔτνει étnei |
ἔτνη étnē | ||||||||||
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