The story
- Pictish · derived from*aber“river mouth, confluence”
- Scottish Gaelic · derived frominbhir“river mouth, confluence”
- English todayInverbervie
From Scottish Gaelic inbhir (“river mouth, confluence”) + Bervie, a river name (see Bervie Water). The 12th century form of the name was Haberberui, showing that inbhir replaced Pictish *aber (“river mouth, confluence”).
Words from the same roots
Scottish Gaelicinbhir all →
LunanInver-
Pictish*aber all →
ArbroathAberlourAberdour
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.