Where does “linksalternativ” come from?

linksalternativ (German) comes from German alternativ, from French alternatif, from Latin alternativus, from Latin alternātus, from Latin alternō, from Latin alternus, from Latin alter, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élteros — to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam.

linksalternativ (German): leftish alternative

Definitions

  1. leftish alternative

Ancestry of “linksalternativ”, step by step

linksalternativ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German alternativ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanalternativalternative
2Frenchalternatifalternating; alternative
3Latinalternativusalternating
4Latinalternātusalternated, vacillated
5Latinalternōto do one thing and then another, do by turns, interchange, alternate
6Latinalternusalternate (one after the other), successive
7Latinalterthe other, the second; the one...the other
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élterosother , second
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂el-to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam

via German links

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlinkson the left; to the left; inside out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂el-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂élterosEvery word from Latin alter