The story
- Proto-West Germanic · derived from*alljas“other”
- Old High German · derived fromali sazzo“inhabitant of the other”
- Medieval Latin · derived fromAlsatia
- English todayAlsace
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”).
Words from the same roots
Proto-West Germanic*alljas all →
else
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.