THE WORD ALP
*halep- - *halup- m. "man, hero" - ON (Old Norse) m. "yeoman"...
Guus Kroonen "Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic", Ed. Alexander Lubotsky, Brill 2013
Alp "warrior"
Alp basically "tough, resistant, hard to overcome" ; originally applicable both to persons, when the conventional translation "brave" is reasonably accurate and to inanimate objects and even to abstract ideas like "danger"... ;
alpı : erdemi "his bravery and manliness... ;
alpı: bökesi: erti: "his brave and strong warrior"...
Gerard Clauson "An Etymological Dictionary of Pre-13th Century Turkish", Oxford 1972
