ALPS

And now some really big stuff.

The word 'Alps' has no reliable official etymology. It's of unknown origin.

Not anymore.

There used to be a Roman goddess Lubetina:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libitina

...sometimes identified as Venus and considered to be of Etruscan origin, when it's identified also with the Etruscan goddess Alpanu.

The fact that Lubetina originates from Lubeti - land of Lubi - has no doubts, doesn't it?

This liaison allows us to draw this equation:

LUBETINA = ALPANU, from where -->

LUB = ALP somehow

But we know how for sure, because we already drew this equation independently in case of Albania:

LUB = ALB

The key is the definite article 'A', which makes both equation look understandably:

LUB = A + LP (THE LP)
LUB = A + LB (THE LB)

The voiced/unvoiced pair of B and P consonants shouldn't confuse you, because the Kartvelian B often corresponds exactly to Laz P, like in lazebi-lazepe opposition.

Meanwhile Alpanu-Alps pair shouldn't raise many questions either.

So, Alps = Albs = A+Lbs = A+Lubs = The Lubs

How a vowel got in between L and B (or, more exactly, how it was driven out from there) can be seen once again in the Primary Chronicle, where 'Albania' is spelled with the 'hard sign' which means an ex-vowel.

Thus, the highest European mountain system in fact is the name of the Kartvelian-speaking nation that used to live all over the world. Kartvelian toponyms have been found on both sides of the Alps - in Italy and Switzerland - abundantly. Salobio, Helveti, and, especially, the tribe of 'Suaneti' that used to live on both sides of the Alps, alone are more than enough.

And remember that Olympos means the same - 'land of Lubes'.