Port Askaig

Port Asgaig

Meaning

ash-tree bay

Settlement

Location

Argyll & Bute

Argyll & Bute

PA46

NR431692

English / Map Form: Port Askaig

Gaelic Form: Port Asgaig

Location: Islay, Inner Hebrides

Post Town: ISLE OF ISLAY

Postcode area: PA46

County: Argyll & Bute

Local Authority: Argyll & Bute

English / Map Form: Port Askaig

Gaelic Form: Port Asgaig

Language Notes

G nom. sg. port, masc. 'harbour' + gen. sg. of en Asgaig

Element Meaning

G port ~ harbour; N ask-vík ~ ash-tree

Sources

Portaskog 1801 Langlands
Portaseg 1804 Heather
P. Askaig 1849 Admiralty Chart 2515
Portaskaig 1882 OS
Portaskaig 1820 Thomson
Ash-tree Harbour Lands of Lordship
[ˈpɔrt ˌaskəgʲ̥] MacNiven 2006
Norse “Aska-vik,” Ash or Ship Wick MacBain 1922, 57

Additional Information

Macniven 2006 suggests a derivation of ON *askvík, ‘ash-tree bay’.