Where does “Elba” come from?
Elba comes from Italian Elba, from Latin Ilva, from Proto-Germanic albī, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ep-.
Ancestry of “Elba”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | Elba | — |
| 2 | Old High German | Elba | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | albi | elf, fairy |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | albī | river |
| 5 | Latin | Albis | — |
| 6 | Latin | Albeus | — |
Words derived from “Elba”