English / Map Form: Ashaig
Gaelic Form: Aisig
Location: Breakish
Post Town: Isle of Skye
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
English / Map Form: Ashaig
Gaelic Form: Aisig
Language Notes
Sources
Aisig, Cladh Aisig: Robertson MSs
Uisg Aisig ‘s bainne Airdnis: Forbes, 52
This name was gathered as part of a local research project on the place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye and was published in a booklet by SNH and AÀA. The Following quote appears in that booklet:
“Ashaig is understood locally as aiseag, ‘ferry’, which fits the topography you will find here. The name however is always presented without an article and with a slender vowel ending, Aisig. This is unexpected for a name derived from the word aiseag. It is therefore possible that the name is Norse in origin: æsk-víkr, ‘ash-bay’, and named from the tree.”
Gaelic in the Landscape: Place-names of Strath, Isle of Skye (Scottish Natural Heritage 2015): 38
