English / Map Form: Glengrasco
Gaelic Form: Gleann Grasgo
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: PORTREE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A87
English / Map Form: Glengrasco
Gaelic Form: Gleann Grasgo
Language Notes
G nom. sg. gleann, masc. ‘glen’ + gen. sg. of en Grasgo, obscure element, (perhaps ON gras-skógr: ON gras, neut. ‘grass’ + ON skógr, masc. ‘wood’ = ‘grassy wooded area’)Element Meaning
G gleann ~ glen; ON gràs ~ grass + skógr ~ wood
Sources
| Glengrast | 1688 Retours (Inverness) no. 109 |
| Glengrasco | 1881 OS 6 inch ist edn. |
| Gleann Ghrasco | Forbes, 206 |
| Grasco – not known | Forbes, 206 |
| Gleann Ghràsgo | Robertson |
| [glãũn ‘grɑ:sˌko] | local source, Sòdhaigh |
| [glɑ̃ũn ‘grɑsˌko] | local source, Sgianaidean |