#Kivimäe (Kivimägi)
Stone mountain. Named, apparently, after the mound of earthworks resulting from building the Tallinn-Keila railway. See #Mäe.
#Onomastics #Onomastika
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
Stone mountain. Named, apparently, after the mound of earthworks resulting from building the Tallinn-Keila railway. See #Mäe.
#Onomastics #Onomastika
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
February 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
#Kivimäe (Kivimägi)
Stone mountain. Named, apparently, after the mound of earthworks resulting from building the Tallinn-Keila railway. See #Mäe.
#Onomastics #Onomastika
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
Stone mountain. Named, apparently, after the mound of earthworks resulting from building the Tallinn-Keila railway. See #Mäe.
#Onomastics #Onomastika
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
* According to #Hamilton’s 3rd Law of #Odonymy‡, the more recent the naming (here 2001), the more “olde worlde” the name.
‡ An #odonym (from Greek ὁδός, road, path, way + ὄνομα, name) is a name given a street. Odonymy is thus a branch of onomastics (the study of names and their origins).
QED
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‡ An #odonym (from Greek ὁδός, road, path, way + ὄνομα, name) is a name given a street. Odonymy is thus a branch of onomastics (the study of names and their origins).
QED
11/11
January 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
* According to #Hamilton’s 3rd Law of #Odonymy‡, the more recent the naming (here 2001), the more “olde worlde” the name.
‡ An #odonym (from Greek ὁδός, road, path, way + ὄνομα, name) is a name given a street. Odonymy is thus a branch of onomastics (the study of names and their origins).
QED
11/11
‡ An #odonym (from Greek ὁδός, road, path, way + ὄνομα, name) is a name given a street. Odonymy is thus a branch of onomastics (the study of names and their origins).
QED
11/11
#Veskilise (Veskiline)
Miller’s customer. Something/Someone involved with a mill (client, supplier, passer-by...). One of a wind-themed group. See #Veskimetsa.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Onomastics
#Odonymy
Miller’s customer. Something/Someone involved with a mill (client, supplier, passer-by...). One of a wind-themed group. See #Veskimetsa.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Onomastics
#Odonymy
January 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#Veskilise (Veskiline)
Miller’s customer. Something/Someone involved with a mill (client, supplier, passer-by...). One of a wind-themed group. See #Veskimetsa.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Onomastics
#Odonymy
Miller’s customer. Something/Someone involved with a mill (client, supplier, passer-by...). One of a wind-themed group. See #Veskimetsa.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Onomastics
#Odonymy
#Saeveski (Saeveski)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva
#Sawmill. Formerly a continuation of #Rulli (1958-1963) previously known as #RulliJatk (annex/extension, 1949-1958), a variant of #jätk, the sole occurrence of this term in #Estonian #odonymy.
#Construction #Ehitus
#Industry #Tööstus
#Odonüümia
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva
#Sawmill. Formerly a continuation of #Rulli (1958-1963) previously known as #RulliJatk (annex/extension, 1949-1958), a variant of #jätk, the sole occurrence of this term in #Estonian #odonymy.
#Construction #Ehitus
#Industry #Tööstus
#Odonüümia
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
#Saeveski (Saeveski)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva
#Sawmill. Formerly a continuation of #Rulli (1958-1963) previously known as #RulliJatk (annex/extension, 1949-1958), a variant of #jätk, the sole occurrence of this term in #Estonian #odonymy.
#Construction #Ehitus
#Industry #Tööstus
#Odonüümia
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva
#Sawmill. Formerly a continuation of #Rulli (1958-1963) previously known as #RulliJatk (annex/extension, 1949-1958), a variant of #jätk, the sole occurrence of this term in #Estonian #odonymy.
#Construction #Ehitus
#Industry #Tööstus
#Odonüümia
#Kammelja (Kammeljas): Not the ‘camellia’ I was expecting, but #turbot, Psetta maxima. Beware when buying flowers, #kameelia BTW. Part of a fish group. See also Kilu.
#Tallinn #Streetnames #Onomastics #Odonymy #Dictionary #TallinnStreets
#Tallinn #Streetnames #Onomastics #Odonymy #Dictionary #TallinnStreets
December 17, 2024 at 10:43 AM
#Kammelja (Kammeljas): Not the ‘camellia’ I was expecting, but #turbot, Psetta maxima. Beware when buying flowers, #kameelia BTW. Part of a fish group. See also Kilu.
#Tallinn #Streetnames #Onomastics #Odonymy #Dictionary #TallinnStreets
#Tallinn #Streetnames #Onomastics #Odonymy #Dictionary #TallinnStreets
#Aedvere (Aedvere)
Aed, as anyone who actually read the introduction will remember, means garden (but see Aia below), although the -vere suffix occurring in some 700 place-names (as well as hidden / embedded in others) deserves an entry of its own (but won’t get it).
#TallinnaTänavad #Odonymy
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Aed, as anyone who actually read the introduction will remember, means garden (but see Aia below), although the -vere suffix occurring in some 700 place-names (as well as hidden / embedded in others) deserves an entry of its own (but won’t get it).
#TallinnaTänavad #Odonymy
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January 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
#Aedvere (Aedvere)
Aed, as anyone who actually read the introduction will remember, means garden (but see Aia below), although the -vere suffix occurring in some 700 place-names (as well as hidden / embedded in others) deserves an entry of its own (but won’t get it).
#TallinnaTänavad #Odonymy
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Aed, as anyone who actually read the introduction will remember, means garden (but see Aia below), although the -vere suffix occurring in some 700 place-names (as well as hidden / embedded in others) deserves an entry of its own (but won’t get it).
#TallinnaTänavad #Odonymy
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#Põldmarja (Põldmari)
Alternative name for #põldmurakas, dewberry, Rubus caesius.
#Berries #Marjad
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
Alternative name for #põldmurakas, dewberry, Rubus caesius.
#Berries #Marjad
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
February 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#Põldmarja (Põldmari)
Alternative name for #põldmurakas, dewberry, Rubus caesius.
#Berries #Marjad
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
Alternative name for #põldmurakas, dewberry, Rubus caesius.
#Berries #Marjad
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
#Aarde (Aare):
Treasure.
Sometimes, it's plain and simple!
#Tallinn
#Onomastics #Onomastika
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
Treasure.
Sometimes, it's plain and simple!
#Tallinn
#Onomastics #Onomastika
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
January 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
#Aarde (Aare):
Treasure.
Sometimes, it's plain and simple!
#Tallinn
#Onomastics #Onomastika
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
Treasure.
Sometimes, it's plain and simple!
#Tallinn
#Onomastics #Onomastika
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
#Kalasadama (Kalasadam)
Fish harbor, fish port. Streetname with the longest sequence of 2-letter syllables.
#Fish #Kalad
#Food #Toit
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
Fish harbor, fish port. Streetname with the longest sequence of 2-letter syllables.
#Fish #Kalad
#Food #Toit
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
February 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
#Kalasadama (Kalasadam)
Fish harbor, fish port. Streetname with the longest sequence of 2-letter syllables.
#Fish #Kalad
#Food #Toit
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
Fish harbor, fish port. Streetname with the longest sequence of 2-letter syllables.
#Fish #Kalad
#Food #Toit
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
fishing-tackle group, see #Ahingu, interspersed among a fish name group, see #Ahvena.
#TallinnStreets
#Onomastics
#Odonymy
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#TallinnStreets
#Onomastics
#Odonymy
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January 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
fishing-tackle group, see #Ahingu, interspersed among a fish name group, see #Ahvena.
#TallinnStreets
#Onomastics
#Odonymy
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#TallinnStreets
#Onomastics
#Odonymy
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#Mõisa (Mõis): Country estate, manor. This one referring to former Haabersti mõis across the road.
#Tallinn #streetnames #onomastics #odonymy #dictionary #TallinnStreets
#Tallinn #streetnames #onomastics #odonymy #dictionary #TallinnStreets
December 16, 2024 at 4:18 PM
#Mõisa (Mõis): Country estate, manor. This one referring to former Haabersti mõis across the road.
#Tallinn #streetnames #onomastics #odonymy #dictionary #TallinnStreets
#Tallinn #streetnames #onomastics #odonymy #dictionary #TallinnStreets
#Endla (Endla)
Name of a lake, bog, basin, region and nature reserve in central #Estonia, home to the white-tailed eagle, golden eagle and osprey. The lake is home also to Juta, the Maid of #Järve, a Muse-like fairy capable of evoking the past.
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
Name of a lake, bog, basin, region and nature reserve in central #Estonia, home to the white-tailed eagle, golden eagle and osprey. The lake is home also to Juta, the Maid of #Järve, a Muse-like fairy capable of evoking the past.
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
January 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
#Endla (Endla)
Name of a lake, bog, basin, region and nature reserve in central #Estonia, home to the white-tailed eagle, golden eagle and osprey. The lake is home also to Juta, the Maid of #Järve, a Muse-like fairy capable of evoking the past.
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
Name of a lake, bog, basin, region and nature reserve in central #Estonia, home to the white-tailed eagle, golden eagle and osprey. The lake is home also to Juta, the Maid of #Järve, a Muse-like fairy capable of evoking the past.
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
#Saeveski (Saeveski)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva
#Sawmill. Formerly a continuation of #Rulli (1958-63) previously known as #RulliJatk (annex/extension, 1949-58), a variant of #jätk, the sole occurrence of this term in #Estonian #odonymy.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Industry #Tööstus
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Liiva
#Sawmill. Formerly a continuation of #Rulli (1958-63) previously known as #RulliJatk (annex/extension, 1949-58), a variant of #jätk, the sole occurrence of this term in #Estonian #odonymy.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#Industry #Tööstus
September 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
and a stone cross known as the #BlasiusHochgrewe (one of the 10 #Blackheads [see #Jüriöö] involved and listed in the painting) monument on the corner with Tondi. Now part of a woman’s name group, see #Meeta.
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
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#Odonymy #Odonüümia
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March 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
and a stone cross known as the #BlasiusHochgrewe (one of the 10 #Blackheads [see #Jüriöö] involved and listed in the painting) monument on the corner with Tondi. Now part of a woman’s name group, see #Meeta.
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
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#Odonymy #Odonüümia
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then upping its estonianization as in the dialectal reigas, dropping the ‘d’ sitting uncomfortably on the Estonian tongue and adding the common-enough -as ending. Next door to Mustjuure.
#Tallinn #Streetnames #Onomastics #Odonymy #Dictionary #TallinnStreets
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#Tallinn #Streetnames #Onomastics #Odonymy #Dictionary #TallinnStreets
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January 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
then upping its estonianization as in the dialectal reigas, dropping the ‘d’ sitting uncomfortably on the Estonian tongue and adding the common-enough -as ending. Next door to Mustjuure.
#Tallinn #Streetnames #Onomastics #Odonymy #Dictionary #TallinnStreets
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#Tallinn #Streetnames #Onomastics #Odonymy #Dictionary #TallinnStreets
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Hansu (Hans)
Uncertain. TAAK gives it as the name of a former farm, but not listed as such in KNAB. According to Hamilton’s 3rd Law of Odonymy (see #Aedvere) and the street’s year of naming (2004),
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Tiskre
#FarmNames #TaludeNimede
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Uncertain. TAAK gives it as the name of a former farm, but not listed as such in KNAB. According to Hamilton’s 3rd Law of Odonymy (see #Aedvere) and the street’s year of naming (2004),
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Tiskre
#FarmNames #TaludeNimede
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March 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Hansu (Hans)
Uncertain. TAAK gives it as the name of a former farm, but not listed as such in KNAB. According to Hamilton’s 3rd Law of Odonymy (see #Aedvere) and the street’s year of naming (2004),
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Tiskre
#FarmNames #TaludeNimede
1/4
Uncertain. TAAK gives it as the name of a former farm, but not listed as such in KNAB. According to Hamilton’s 3rd Law of Odonymy (see #Aedvere) and the street’s year of naming (2004),
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Tiskre
#FarmNames #TaludeNimede
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#Vahtra (Vaher)
Maple, harilik vaher, sometimes known as #pikaninapuu (long nose tree), #NorwayMaple, Acer platanoides.
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Hiiu
#Trees #Puud
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Onomastics #Onomastika
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
Maple, harilik vaher, sometimes known as #pikaninapuu (long nose tree), #NorwayMaple, Acer platanoides.
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Hiiu
#Trees #Puud
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Onomastics #Onomastika
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
March 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#Vahtra (Vaher)
Maple, harilik vaher, sometimes known as #pikaninapuu (long nose tree), #NorwayMaple, Acer platanoides.
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Hiiu
#Trees #Puud
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Onomastics #Onomastika
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
Maple, harilik vaher, sometimes known as #pikaninapuu (long nose tree), #NorwayMaple, Acer platanoides.
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Hiiu
#Trees #Puud
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Onomastics #Onomastika
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
#Korese (Kores)
Grit, course earthy particles. #Street still under #constrtuction cutting a swath through the woods between #Veerise and #Saviliiva. Mini-group of road-material-related roads. See #Lõimise.
#RoadWorksAhead! #EesOotavadYeetööd!
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
Grit, course earthy particles. #Street still under #constrtuction cutting a swath through the woods between #Veerise and #Saviliiva. Mini-group of road-material-related roads. See #Lõimise.
#RoadWorksAhead! #EesOotavadYeetööd!
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
February 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#Korese (Kores)
Grit, course earthy particles. #Street still under #constrtuction cutting a swath through the woods between #Veerise and #Saviliiva. Mini-group of road-material-related roads. See #Lõimise.
#RoadWorksAhead! #EesOotavadYeetööd!
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
Grit, course earthy particles. #Street still under #constrtuction cutting a swath through the woods between #Veerise and #Saviliiva. Mini-group of road-material-related roads. See #Lõimise.
#RoadWorksAhead! #EesOotavadYeetööd!
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
#Kärje (Kärg):
Honeycomb. Kärgkonn, Pipa pipa, the Surinam toad (actually a frog) of extraordinary reproductive strategy owes its name to the pits that develop on the female’s back due to its particular form or mating and out of which baby frogs emerge.
#Nature #Loodus
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
Honeycomb. Kärgkonn, Pipa pipa, the Surinam toad (actually a frog) of extraordinary reproductive strategy owes its name to the pits that develop on the female’s back due to its particular form or mating and out of which baby frogs emerge.
#Nature #Loodus
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
February 4, 2025 at 7:30 AM
#Kärje (Kärg):
Honeycomb. Kärgkonn, Pipa pipa, the Surinam toad (actually a frog) of extraordinary reproductive strategy owes its name to the pits that develop on the female’s back due to its particular form or mating and out of which baby frogs emerge.
#Nature #Loodus
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
Honeycomb. Kärgkonn, Pipa pipa, the Surinam toad (actually a frog) of extraordinary reproductive strategy owes its name to the pits that develop on the female’s back due to its particular form or mating and out of which baby frogs emerge.
#Nature #Loodus
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
Runs, not surprisingly, along the southern #shore of #Tallinna Reid, easternmost of Tallinn’s bays. Confusingly, #TallinnaLaht, Tallinn Bay (see #Lahe), consists in 4 bays (lahed) running west to east: #Odonymy #Odonüümia Kakumäe or #Tiskre, #Kopli and #Paljassaare, then #TallinnaReid
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January 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Runs, not surprisingly, along the southern #shore of #Tallinna Reid, easternmost of Tallinn’s bays. Confusingly, #TallinnaLaht, Tallinn Bay (see #Lahe), consists in 4 bays (lahed) running west to east: #Odonymy #Odonüümia Kakumäe or #Tiskre, #Kopli and #Paljassaare, then #TallinnaReid
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The term seems first to have meant a safe place to prepare ships, coming from #MLG rēde, reiide, rēt, rīde, etc., or #OldDutch rede(?), derived from #ProtoGermanic *raid ‘ready’ (yup, that too), with similar cognates in most ‘Northern’ languages, #OldFrisian, #OldNorse, etc.
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
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#Odonymy #Odonüümia
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January 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The term seems first to have meant a safe place to prepare ships, coming from #MLG rēde, reiide, rēt, rīde, etc., or #OldDutch rede(?), derived from #ProtoGermanic *raid ‘ready’ (yup, that too), with similar cognates in most ‘Northern’ languages, #OldFrisian, #OldNorse, etc.
#Odonymy #Odonüümia
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#Odonymy #Odonüümia
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#Aiatee tänav in 1987 when Aia regained its name (no duplicates please!), then back to Aia tee in 2014 (duplicates are cool!). Such are the joys of #odonymy.
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
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#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
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January 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
#Aiatee tänav in 1987 when Aia regained its name (no duplicates please!), then back to Aia tee in 2014 (duplicates are cool!). Such are the joys of #odonymy.
#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
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#Streetnames #Tänavanimed
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