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Where does “alp” come from?

alp (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish alp, from Undetermined alb-.

alp (Scottish Gaelic): protuberance, eminence; mountain

Definitions

  1. protuberance, eminence; mountain

Ancestry of “alp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishalplump, loose mass
2Undeterminedalb-—
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