• English
  • Gàidhlig
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • My Account
  • Checkout
  • Cart
Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba (AÀA)

  • Home
  • Database
    • Searchable Map
    • AZ List
  • OS Map
  • Resources
    • Place-name Lists
    • Maps
    • Reading List
    • Gaelic Place-Name Policy
    • Onomastic Abbreviations
    • Academic Papers
    • Links
  • Support
    • AÀA Supporter
  • Shop
    • Services
    • Corporate Memberships
    • Publications
  • News
  • Contact Us
previous postnext post
  • Info
  • Location
  • Research Notes

Fishnish

Finnsinis

Your browser does not support the audio element.

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. 

Alternative Forms

 

Primary Sidebar

Database


Match phrase Match words




OS Map

Welcome to the Ordnance Survey (OS) open source digital map. This is a tool you can use to study ... Continue Reading about OS Map

Our Products

  • The Journal of Scottish Name Studies: Volume 3 £0.00
  • The Journal of Scottish Name Studies: Volume 2 £0.00

News

Dingwall ~ Inbhir Pheofharain

Footer

Gaelic Place-names of Scotland

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
Sleat
Isle of Skye
IV44 8RQ

+44 (0) 1471 888 120
fios@ainmean-aite.scot

Useful links

  • About Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba
  • How to use the search
  • Commercial Information & Rates
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie policy
  • Terms & Conditions

Main Menu

  • Home
  • Database
    • Searchable Map
    • AZ List
  • OS Map
  • Resources
    • Place-name Lists
    • Maps
    • Reading List
    • Gaelic Place-Name Policy
    • Onomastic Abbreviations
    • Academic Papers
    • Links
  • Support
    • AÀA Supporter
  • Shop
    • Services
    • Corporate Memberships
    • Publications
  • News
  • Contact Us

Site Search

Follow Us

  • E-mail
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Copyright © 2021 Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba. All rights reserved. Website by Lumberjack Digital