Etymograph

English

Skye

Skye may come from Scottish Gaelic An t-Eilean Sgitheanach.

  1. Scottish GaelicmodernAn t-Eilean Sgitheanachdisputed
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1976Skye

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Scottish GaelicmodernAn t-Eilean Sgitheanachdisputed
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1976Skye

Earliest quotation: 1976, John T. Marvin, The Book of All Terriers: “In fact, few drop-eared Skyes are being exhibited and…”

The story

Derived from Scottish Gaelic An t-Eilean Sgitheanach, of long disputed (probably non-Indo-European substrate) origin, with several theories proposed and none widely accepted; see Etymology of Skye.disputed Scholars disagree here; the competing view is quoted as the source gives it.

Every English word from Scottish Gaelic An t-Eilean Sgitheanach

Today it means

name A female given name transferred from the place name, of modern usage, or a fanciful spelling of the word sky.

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

Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic An t-Eilean Sgitheanach / Skye

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