Where does “alb” come from?

alb (German) comes from Middle High German alb, from Old High German alp, from Proto-West Germanic albi, from Proto-Germanic albī, from Latin Albis, from Latin Albeus.

alb (German): elf, especially an evil one

Definitions

  1. elf, especially an evil one

Ancestry of “alb”, step by step

alb traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German alb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanalbelf; friendly spirit, ghostly being, genius, or...
2Old High Germanalp—
3Proto-West Germanicalbielf, fairy
4Proto-Germanicalbīriver
5LatinAlbis—
6LatinAlbeus—

via Alemannic German Alp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Alemannic GermanAlp—
2Middle High Germanalbehigh mountain
3Old High Germanalbaalpine pasture; alp
4Proto-West Germanic*albijā—

Words derived from “alb”

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