ip ud ar ▁( 1 3 8 3 , ▁ 1 3 9 2 ), ▁Sch ap ud ar ▁( 1 4 0 2 ), ▁etc . ▁ ▁Gustav ▁Meyer ▁derived ▁Sh q ipt ar ▁from ▁the ▁Alban ian ▁ver bs ▁sh q ip oj ▁‘ to ▁speak ▁clearly ’ ▁and ▁sh q ipt oj ▁‘ to ▁speak ▁out , ▁pron ounce ’ , ▁which ▁are ▁in ▁turn ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁Latin ▁verb ▁ex cip ere , ▁den oting ▁bre th ren ▁who ▁speak ▁the ▁Alban ian ▁language , ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁eth no - ling u istic ▁dich ot om ies ▁slo ven e - nem ac ▁and ▁deutsch - wel sch . ▁This ▁theory ▁is ▁preferred ▁by ▁lingu ists , ▁such ▁as ▁O leg ▁Tr ub ach y ov ▁and ▁Vladimir ▁O rel , ▁and ▁histor ians ▁like ▁Robert ▁Els ie . ▁ ▁Pet ar ▁Sk ok ▁suggested ▁that ▁the ▁name ▁origin ated ▁from ▁Sc up i ▁( mod . ▁Sk op je , ▁), ▁the ▁capital ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ▁province ▁of ▁D ard ania . ▁ ▁Among ▁Alban ians ▁the ▁most ▁popular ▁theory ▁is ▁that ▁of ▁Dem et rio ▁Cam arda ▁who ▁derived ▁the ▁word ▁from ▁the ▁Alban ian ▁n oun ▁sh q ipe ▁or ▁sh q ip on j ë ▁‘ e agle ’ , ▁which , ▁according ▁to ▁Alban ian ▁folk ▁et ym ology , ▁denoted ▁a ▁bird ▁to tem ▁d ating ▁from ▁the ▁times ▁of ▁Sk ander beg , ▁as ▁displayed ▁on ▁the ▁Alban ian ▁flag .