English / Map Form: Erbusaig
Gaelic Form: Earbasaig
Location: Wester Ross, Highland
Post Town: KYLE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A87
English / Map Form: Erbusaig
Gaelic Form: Earbasaig
Language Notes
Perhaps a Pictish personal name Erc, borrowed into ON as Erp in gen. sg. + ON nom. sg. vík, fem. ‘bay’ = ‘Erp’s Bay’Element Meaning
ON Erp; vík ~ bay
Sources
| Arbesak | 1554 RMS iv no. 969 |
| Erbisag | 1681 RPS [1681/7/155] |
| Erbisaig | 1820 Thomson |
| Erbusaig | 1880 OS 6 inch 1st edn. |
| Earbarsaig | Watson 1904, 188 |
| [“ErbəsEkʲ] | local source, Sgianaidean |
| [“ErəbəsEkʲ] | local source, Sòdhaigh |
Additional Information
See Fraser 1994, 76 for discussion of this name and the derivation.