English / Map Form: Lusta
Gaelic Form: Lusta
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A855
English / Map Form: Lusta
Gaelic Form: Lusta
Language Notes
obscure element + ON nom. sg. staðr, masc. ‘farm’.Element Meaning
ON staðr ~ farm
Sources
| Lusta | 1820 Thomson |
| Lusta | 1880 OS 6 inch 1st edn. |
| Lusta – not known | Forbes, 259 |
| [ʟustə] | local source, Sgianaidean |
Additional Information
Small 1976, 33 offers this etymology for the final element.