Where does “alp” come from?

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

Ancestry of “alp”, step by step

alp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic albi

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

via Proto-Germanic *albi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*albiriver
2Proto-Germanicalbizelf, fairy
3Proto-Indo-Europeanalbʰóswhite

Words derived from “alp”

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