Where does “Elba” come from?

Elba comes from Italian Elba, from Latin Ilva, from Proto-Germanic albī, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ep-.

Elba (English): listed under Elba Township

Definitions

  1. listed under Elba Township

Ancestry of “Elba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianElba—
2Old High GermanElba—
3Proto-West Germanicalbielf, fairy
4Proto-Germanicalbīriver
5LatinAlbis—
6LatinAlbeus—

Words derived from “Elba”

Every word from Latin Albeus →Every word from Proto-Germanic albī →Every word from Latin Albis →