Where does “Elba” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Elba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicalbielf, fairy
2Proto-Germanicalbīriver
3LatinAlbis—
4LatinAlbeus—

Words derived from “Elba”

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