Ness

Etymology
Named after the, of / origin, from a word  describing great currents, according to MacBain, from the same  root that gave the river , possibly.

Proper noun

 * 1)  An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa.
 * 2) A placename
 * , which flows from through  to the.

Etymology
From, byform of , from. Virtually all Central Franconian dialects (as well as some bordering ones in Rhine and Low Franconian) show the underlying vowel i (hence, not ).

Noun

 * 1) nest