Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

8 months ago

#Oti (Ott)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Kakumäe
Man’s name, and old name for #bear, with evidently an alternative genitive in the town of #Otepää (bear’s head), location of historical hillfort (first recorded in the #NovgorodFirstChronicle as #МедвѣжюГолову, or #МедвежьяГолова (bear’s head) in
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Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

11 months ago

#Oti (Ott)
#Tallinn #Haabersti #Kakumäe
Man’s name, and old name for bear, with evidently an alternative genitive in the town of #Otepää (bear’s head), location of historical hillfort (first recorded in the #NovgorodFirstChronicle as #МедвѣжюГолову, or Медвежья Голова
#FarmNames #TaludeNimede
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