Talk:Alsace
Add topicexplanation in "Etymology" might be wrong
[edit]The statement "From Medieval Latin Alsatia, from Old High German ali sazzo (“inhabitant of the other”) (referring to the opposite bank of the Rhine), from Proto-West Germanic *alljas (“other”) + *sittjan (“to inhabit”, literally “to sit”)" is quite controversal, as early sources do speak about an adminstrative "sazzo", but actually rather about a "seat of the count at the (river) Iel[se]", which is something like the "headquarters of administration" for the county around river "Iel[se]", "Ial[se]" or "Ill". Existing [-se]/ [-si] ending in old sources might just be a genitive, and "Ill" (sometimes "Jll") is today's spelling - i.e. most current version of a river's name that had be slightly altered throughout the centuries. For details and facts on Ill river please see [[1]] and [[2]] - and for adminstrative situation of a large medieval county in fertile meadow land, take a look at the map at [[3]] 188.104.35.103 09:38, 14 September 2021 (UTC)