 The first written references to the island are Roman sources such as the Ravenna Cosmography , which refers to Scitis and Scetis , which can be found on a map by Ptolemy . One possible derivation comes from skitis , an early Celtic word for winged , which may describe how the island 's peninsulas radiate out from a mountainous centre . Subsequent Gaelic- , Norse- and English @-@ speaking peoples have influenced the history of Skye ; the relationships between their names for the island are not straightforward . Various etymologies have been proposed , such as the " winged isle " or " the notched isle " but no definitive solution has been found to date and the placename may be from an earlier , non @-@ Gaelic language . 
 The first written references to the island <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>are</mark></a>Roman sources such as the Ravenna Cosmography , which <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>refers</mark></a> to Scitis and Scetis , which can be found on a map by Ptolemy . One possible derivation <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>comes</mark></a> from skitis , an early Celtic word for winged , which may describe how the island <a href='null_genetive' title='4'><mark>'s</mark></a>peninsulas radiate out from a mountainous centre . Subsequent Gaelic- , Norse- and English @-@ speaking peoples <a href='been_done' title='5'><mark>have</mark></a> influenced the history of Skye ; the relationships between their names for the island <a href='negative_concord' title='6'><mark>are</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='7'><mark>not</mark></a>straightforward . Various etymologies <a href='been_done' title='8'><mark>have</mark></a> been proposed , such as the " winged isle " or " the notched isle " but no definitive solution <a href='been_done' title='9'><mark>has</mark></a> been found to date and the placename may be from an earlier , non @-@ Gaelic language . 
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