Fishnish

Finnsinis

Meaning

?promontory of the heath-rush

Settlement

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.

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