Sclaveni were early Slavic tribes attested in 6th-century Byzantine sources like Procopius and Jordanes. They raided and settled the Balkans, becoming key ancestors of South Slavs. The name derives from Slavic *Slovฤne (speakers), adapted in Greek/Latin; the later "slave" meaning of sclavus came from medieval captives, not the original ethnonym.
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Yes, Serbs descend from the Sclaveni and related early Slavic groups that migrated into the Balkans in the 6th-7th centuries, forming the basis of the South Slavs.
Albanians predominantly descend from West Balkan Bronze/Iron Age Paleo-Balkan populations (associated with Illyrians and related groups), per recent ancient DNA studies showing strong continuity plus 10-20% later Slavic admixture. Exact Illyrian linguistic continuity is the leading hypothesis but unproven due to sparse records.