English / Map Form: Allt Druidhe
Gaelic Form: Allt Druidhe
Location: Perthshire
Post Town: PITLOCHRY
County: Perthshire
Local Authority: Perth and Kinross
English / Map Form: Allt Druidhe
Gaelic Form: Allt Druidhe
Language Notes
G nom. sg. allt, masc. ‘burn’ + hydronym based on G drùidh, ‘penetrating, oozing’Element Meaning
G allt ~ burn + G drùidh ~ penetrating, oozing
Sources
Allt Druidhe 1912 Bartholomew’s Map
Allt Drudhaidh Cf Gaulish Druentia (Gaelic Druie Badenoch) Robertson Collection MS 372, 102
Additional Information
| This is by Meall Druidhe. The Gaulish name Druentios is suggested by Isaac, 2006 as perhaps cognate with *dru- ‘oak’ , although Nicolaisen et al cite Old European/IE *dreu , ‘drip’. The question here is whether the name is now derived, or thought to derive from G drùidh, ‘penetrating, oozing’ . This seems the most likely derivation, and would be cognate with Allt and Lairig Dhrù in Badenoch. |
