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The names are either old celtic or norse names. If you check out the Wikipedia page for Papa Westray, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Westray https://en.wiki
by smackay 8y ago
The names are either old celtic or norse names. If you check out the Wikipedia page for Papa Westray, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Westray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Westray, then follow the links you get quite a history on the origins of the names.
- tom_mellior 8y agoSpecifically, the -ay, -ey, -øy suffixes that evoke Pig Latin mean "island" in places that had Norse presence. See https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ey#English https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ey#English and https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ey#Old_Norse https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ey#Old_Norse