English

Invershin

From Inver- + Shin, a river.

Formed from Inver- + Shin

Proto-Indo-European *en-do-

Proto-Celtic *endo-ber-o ‘carrying in’

Old Irish *in(d)ber

Scottish Gaelic inbhir ‘river mouth, confluence’

Proto-Germanic *skinō ‘shinbone’

Proto-West Germanic *skinu ‘shin, spine’

Old English scinu

Middle English schyne ‘the shin’

English Shin

Today it means

name A village in Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH5796).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Invershin