English / Map Form: Camisky
Gaelic Form: Camuisgidh
Location: Lochaber, Highland
Post Town: FORT WILLIAM
County: -- Select a county --
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A82
English / Map Form: Camisky
Gaelic Form: Camuisgidh
Genitive Form: Chamuisgidh
Language Notes
G compound based on cam, 'crooked, winding' + uisge, 'water' + locative suffix -idh = 'winding water'.Element Meaning
G cam ~ crooked or winding; uisge ~ water
Sources
| Cammyske | 1496 RMS ii no. 2329 |
| Cammisky | 1540 RMS iii no. 2065 |
| Camskie | 1654 Blaeu Map (Scotia Regnum) |
| Campskie | 1654 Blaeu Map (Breadalbane) |
| Camiskie | 1685 RPS [1685/4/92] |
| Camaskie | 1820 Thomson |
| Camisky, Allt Càm an Uisge | 1874 OS 6 inch 1st edn. |
| kaməʃki | Diack MS2276 |
| Camaisgidh | Robertson |
Additional Information
The orthography of the proposed form reflects the stress on the first syllable. The second element is clearly unstressed in old forms, as variations of -mysk-, -misk-, -msk-, -mpsk-, -mask- and -misk- show.