Scottish Placenames - Derivation
| Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:07 Grumpian Aul' Mannie |
DRUM - ridge (Scottish Gaelic, druim) NH5029 : Drumnadrochit from Craigmonie]    Drumchapel - horse (chapuill, Scottish Gaelic) ridge Drumnadrochit - ridge by the bridge (drochaid, Scottish Gaelic0 Oldmeldrum - Old mountain (meall, Scottish Gaelic) ridge Drummond - humped (monadh, Scottish Gaelic) ridge Drem - ridge/hump |
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| Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:55 Grumpian Aul' Mannie |
-TON - suffix - village, settlement, farm (Old English, tun; Scots, ton, toun)     Haddington - Hada's tribe's farm Broughton - Brook (Broc, Old English) village Gilmerton - Gilmour's farm Gilcolmston - Gillecolm's farm Plockton - Town of the block (Ploc, Scottish Gaelic - block, clod)dd |
| Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:00 Grumpian Aul' Mannie |
BURGH - stronghold, fort, town (burh, Old English; borgr, Old Norse)     Edinburgh - fort on the rock face (eiddyn, Cumbric) Sumburgh - Sweyn's fort Burghead - headland fort Colinsburgh - Colin's s(3rd Earl of Balcarres) town Newburgh - new town |
| Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:35 Grumpian Aul' Mannie |
BEN - mountain (beinn, Scottish Gaelic)     Mulben - bare, bald (maol, Scottish Gaelic) hill Clachnaben - stone (cloch, Scottish Gaelic) on the mountain Ben Nevis - ??mountain in the clouds?? (nebh, Celtic) Ben Lawers - mountain by the loud (labhar, Scottish Gaelic) stream Benbecula - hill of the saltwater fjords (na fadhail, Scottish Gaelic) |
| Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:37 Grumpian Aul' Mannie |
LOCH - lake, Scottish Gaelic     Lochmaddy - dog (mhadaich, Scottish Gaelic) loch Lochgelly - shining (geal - bright, shining, Scottish Gaelic) loch Lochmaben - Mabon's loch Lochinver - loch at the river mouth (inver, Scottish Gaelic) Loch Lomond - ?loch with the beacon hill (llumon, Cumbric - beacon)? |
| Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:49 BarbaraCarr |
Hello! I like your gallery :O) Here are some of my photographed places (which all seem not to fit into any category!) Freuchie = heathery place (Gaelic 'Fraochach')  Falkland - ?possible connections with falconry have been made, from Old English 'Falca' (how about the Gaelic 'Falachd' = feud? .... just my suggestion, from rambling around in my Gaelic dictionary!)  Coldstream = cold stream, apparently!! (There was no bridge until 1766)  Cupar - possibly 'common land'.... Comphairt (Scottish Gaelic) = common pasture  Kingskettle - possibly ' Ketil's point/head' Ceann (Scottish Gaelic) = head, + Ketil, Old Norse proper name  Leven - probably 'Elm River' ..... Leamhain (Scottish Gaelic) = elm  |
| Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:19 Grumpian Aul' Mannie |
KIN - Head (ceann, Scottish Gaelic)     Kinross - head of the promontory (ross, Scottish Gaelic) Kingussie - head of the pinewood (ghiuthasaich, Scottish Gaelic) Kinloss - head of the ?garden (lios, Scottish Gaelic) Kinghorn - head of the muddy ground (gronn, Scottish Gaelic) Kinlocheil - head of Loch Eil |
| Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:54 Grumpian Aul' Mannie |
KYLE - strait & narrows (caol, Scottish Gaelic)     Kyleakin - Haakon's strait Kylerhea - Reith's strait Caol Kyle of Lochalsh - narrows of Lochalsh Kyle of Tongue - narrows by the spit(tunga, Old Norse) |
| Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:51 Grumpian Aul' Mannie |
AUCHEN - field (achadh, Scottish gaelic)     Auchenshuggle - rye (seagal, Scottish Gaelic) Auchendinny - field by the high fort (dun) Auchinleck - field of the flat stones (leac, Scottish Gaelic) Auchencairn - field by the fort (caer, Brythonic-Welsh) or hill (carn, Scottish Gaelic) Auchenlochan - field by the wee loch |
| Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:45 Grumpian Aul' Mannie |
AUCHTER - upper (uachdar, Scottish Gaelic)     Auchterarder - upland of high water (ard dobhar - Scottish Gaelic and Brittonic) Auchtermuchty - upper pig pen (muic garadh, Scottish Gaelic) Auchterderran Auchterless Auchtertyre |
