Fishnish
Finnsinis
Meaning
?promontory of the heath-rush
Location
Argyll & Bute
Argyll & Bute
NM646415
English / Map Form: Fishnish
Gaelic Form: Finnsinis
Location: Mull, Firth of Lorn, Argyll
Post Town: ISLE OF MULL
County: Argyll & Bute
Local Authority: Argyll & Bute
English / Map Form: Fishnish
Gaelic Form: Finnsinis
Language Notes
Perhaps ON finnungs-nes: ON gen. sg., finnungr ‘heath rush’ + nom. sg. ON nes, neut. ‘promontory’ = ‘Promontory of the heath-rush’ or Finns-nes, gen. sg., finnr personal name + nom. sg. ON nes, neut. ‘promontory’ = ‘Finn’s promontory’Element Meaning
Perhaps ON finnungr ~ heath rush or finnr ~ Finn; nes ~ promontory
Sources
| Fynchenis | 1493 RMS i. no. 2200 |
| Finchenis | 1538 RMS iii. no. 1745 |
| Finchiness | 1654 Blaeu map Mula insula |
| Fishnish | 1801 Langlands Map |
| Fishnish Bay | 1851 Admiralty Chart 2155 |
| Rishnish | 1820 Thomson |
| (N) Fish Point | MacLean p. 26 |
| Fi(nn)sinis | Robertson Collection MS366 p. 4 |
Additional Information
Thanks to Prof. Richard Cox for assistance with this name.