Where does “Elba” come from?

Elba (Italian) comes from Old High German Elba, from Proto-West Germanic albi, from Proto-Germanic albī, from Latin Albis, from Latin Albeus.

Ancestry of “Elba”, step by step

Elba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German Elba

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

via Latin Ilva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinIlva—

Words derived from “Elba”

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