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Camisky

Camuisgidh

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Meaning

winding water


Location

Highland

NN144803


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.

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