Talk:Alsace

explanation in "Etymology" might be wrong

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)