Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

4 months ago

became #jumalakiiver, prob. from #Russian #кивер (kiver: #shako, itself from the #Hungarian for ‘peak’, #csákó). #Rajandi’s #RaamatNimedest (book of names) claims the name has long been used in #Estonian coastal areas (probably #Swedish). But #helmet or #kettle? ON already had a word for #helmet
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Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

7 months ago

Esku (Esku)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Lepiku
Old farm and man’s name. Said to come from the expression #jumalakiiver,h ‘God’s helmet’, perhaps from #Russian #кивер (kiver: #shako, itself from the #Hungarian for ‘peak’, #csákó), so cannot date much earlier than the 1870s, while #Rajandi’s #RaamatNimedest
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