Where does “alp” come from?

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

alp (Middle High German): elf; friendly spirit, ghostly being, genius, or...

Definitions

  1. elf; friendly spirit, ghostly being, genius, or...

Ancestry of “alp”, step by step

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

Words derived from “alp”

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