Sgitheanach

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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Unknown. First attested as Latin Scitis, Scetis, probably from a pre-Indo-European substrate language. Suggestions connecting it with sgiath (wing) or Old Norse ský (cloud) are almost certainly folk etymology. See Etymology of Skye for more.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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Sgitheanach

  1. from the Isle of Skye, Scotland