Sealtainn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Scots Ȝetland, from Old Norse Hjaltland, a compound of hjalt (“hilt”) and land (“land”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛl̪ˠt̪ɪɲ/

Proper noun

Sealtainn

1. Shetland (an archipelago in Scotland)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
Sealtainn	Shealtainn after "an", t-Sealtainn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.