Editing Ben Nevis (section)

== Etymology ==
The name comes from the [[Scottish Gaelic language|Gaelic]] {{lang|gd|Beinn Nibheis}}, meaning "mountain of the [[River Nevis|Nevis]]" (referring to the river that skirts the base of the mountain).<ref>{{cite book |last=MacBain |first=Alexander |title=Place Names, Highlands and Islands of Scotland |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924028080533/page/n84 |date=1922 |page=47 |location=Stirling |publisher=Eneas Mackay}}</ref><ref name=nicolaisen/> The river's name is of unclear origin. [[William J. Watson]] derived it from [[Old Gaelic]] *''Nemess'', "venomous one", from ''[[wikt:neim#Old_Irish|ne(i)m]]'', "venom".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofcelticp0000unse/page/472|title=The History of the Celtic Place-Names of Scotland|last=Watson|first=William J.|location=Edinburgh and London|publisher=William Blackwood and Sons|date=1926|page=472}}</ref> [[W. F. H. Nicolaisen]], however, favoured a derivation from the [[Proto-Indo-European|Indo-European]] root [[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/nebʰ-|*''nebh''-]], which is connected with water and clouds, giving a meaning of "the moist one" or "the misty one".<ref name=nicolaisen>{{cite journal|last=Nicolaisen|first=W. F. H.|date=1959|title=Notes on Scottish Place-Names (12) – Nevis|journal=Scottish Studies|volume=3|pages=214–218|url=https://open.journals.ed.ac.uk/ScottishStudies/article/view/220/246}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Nicolaisen|first=W. F. H.|title=Scottish Place-Names: Their Study and Significance|year=1986|location=London|publisher=B. T. Batsford|isbn=0-7134-5234-X|url=https://archive.org/details/scottishplacenam0000nico_b6e2/page/189|page=189}}</ref>

As with many [[Scottish mountains]], Ben Nevis is often referred to locally simply as "the Ben".<ref>{{cite web |title=Ben Nevis, or the 'Ben' as it is fondly known locally |url=http://www.visit-fortwilliam.co.uk/mf_bennevis.html |publisher=Visit Fort William Ltd |access-date=23 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018020835/http://www.visit-fortwilliam.co.uk/mf_bennevis.html |archive-date=18 October 2007 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ben Nevis is almost always referred to by climbers as simply The Ben (Ben meaning Mountain) |url=http://www.takeupthechallenge.com/pages/page-nevis-history.htm |publisher=The Ben Nevis Challenge |access-date=23 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103202517/http://www.takeupthechallenge.com/pages/page-nevis-history.htm |archive-date=3 November 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>