Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

1 year ago

Known historically as Faehna or Feyena, Veghenoya (all 14th-C) where the name (with an Oja tacked on) may have derived from MLG vēen, vēyen, etc., to hate or treat with hostility, evolving into Ger. feien, to render invulnerable (cognates Ger. Feind, enemy
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Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

1 year ago

for preparing food, skins, and other domestic tasks, as well as hosting social functions) + ase:aseme, secondary manor (see #Sambla), possibly related to a former farm estate #Kotipere. Placenames can exhibit extensive variation over time – e.g. Codasme, ...
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