English / Map Form: Saasaig
Gaelic Form: Sàsaig
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE
Postcode area: IV44
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A851
English / Map Form: Saasaig
Gaelic Form: Sàsaig
Language Notes
Perhaps sás-vík: gen. sg. of sár, masc. ‘cask’ + ON vík, fem. ‘bay’ = ‘cask-bay’This is derivation was suggested by MacBain 1922, 37 but is far from certain.Element Meaning
perhaps sár ~ cask; ON vík ~ bay
Sources
| Sasig | 1644 Pont text 141r |
| Sasaig | 1820 Thomson |
| Saasaig | 1882 OS 6 inch 1st edn. |
| Saasaig, Sasaig, Sausaig: south bay (N) saus south, vig bay | Forbes, 396 |
| [sa:sɪk] | local source, Sòdhaigh |
