Quote Originally Posted by Allan Thomson View Post
The Aber prefix is definitrly Brythonnic, and the Gaelic Inver is thecequivalent. I remember reading somewhere a long time ago that there was actually a place with an Aber prefix that changed to the Inver prefix within dovumentable history, but I can't remember where I read it or the specifics.
You may be thinking of "Abernethy" and "Invernethy". However, it has been argued that these do not refer to quite the same place, Abernethy being about a mile up river from Invernethy. It is suggested that "aber-" actually refers to the lowest point on a river that is fordable. To further confuse the issue, some place names seem to be a mixture of p- and q-Celtic e.g. Abergeldie.
Alan