Abernethy: Obar Neithich
The Gaelic name of the pinewood, meaning the mouth of the river Nethy.
1900 to 2020 · Nethy Bridge, Strathspey, Scotland · CTF-LIN-000001
About this record
Documented in place-name surveys. Obar (mouth of a river) is one of the commonest Gaelic place-name elements in the Highlands. The river name Nethy is older than Gaelic and probably Pictish.
Connections
Names
- Pinewood podzol profile, AbernethyT1 Recorded2021 · link T2
The place-name names the pinewood in which the profile was dug.
Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba place-name entry (illustrative).
Reconstructed as
- Proto-Celtic word for tree, reconstructedT4 Reconstructed1000 to 500 BCE · link T4
The reconstruction draws on the same word family as living Gaelic tree words.
Standard Celtic etymological dictionaries.