Topic summary
Genusus
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Shkumbin.
Etymology
It derives from LatinScampinus (recorded alternatively as Scampis), which replaced the Illyrian name of the river: Genusus (recorded in Latin: Genusus, also Genessus, and in Ancient Greek: Γενούσος). A Slavic intermediation has been rejected. Its inclusion in Latin loanwords into Proto-Albanian and phonetic evolution coincides with the historical existence of a large Roman town (near present-day Elbasan), which gave the river its new name.