Etymology Ben Nevis is the Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic name . Whilst is the common Scottish Gaelic word for 'mountain' the origin of is unclear. may preserve an earlier Pictish form, or , involving the Celtic root , meaning 'clouds' (compare: Welsh )., thus 'Cloudy Mountain'. may also have an origin with the words meaning 'heaven' (which is related to the modern Scottish Gaelic word meaning 'bright, shining') and meaning 'the top of a man's head'. Thus, could derive from , "the mountain with its head in the clouds", or 'mountain of heaven'.
Etymology Ben Nevis is the Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic name . Whilst is the common Scottish Gaelic word for 'mountain' the origin of is unclear. may preserve an earlier Pictish form, or , involving the Celtic root , meaning 'clouds' (compare: Welsh )., thus 'Cloudy Mountain'. may also have an origin with the words meaning 'heaven' (which is related to the modern Scottish Gaelic word meaning 'bright, shining') and meaning 'the top of a man's head'. Thus could derive from , "the mountain with its head in the clouds", or 'mountain of heaven'.