Fetlar

Coates, Richard

Abstract

This article rehearses the history of attempts to account for the name of the island of Fetlar in Shetland. It is concluded that explaining it as pre-Celtic is beset with philological difficulties, and that it is probably, after all, Scandinavian, though details of its etymology remain open to debate.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 1, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Dec 31, 2019
• Publication Date: Dec 31, 2019
• Deposit Date: Dec 18, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 19, 2019
• Journal: Journal of Scottish Name Studies
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 13
• Pages: 37-54
• Keywords: Fetlar, Shetland, Scotland, place-name
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/4898245
• Publisher URL: http://www.clanntuirc.co.uk/JSNS/V13/Coates%20JSNS13.pdf