Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

1 year ago

#Malmi (Malm)
Cast iron. After local iron foundry. Scrap iron is #malmimurd. (see #Väomurru). The word also designates a sort of loamy earth especially good for brick-making. Prolonged by #Valgevase.
#Tööstus #Industry
#Onomastics #Onomastika

Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

1 year ago

#Valgevase (Valgevask)
Brass (lit. white copper). Interesting vanilla alternative to its earlier Russian Латунная ул. (latunnaya) or Germanic Messingstraße. While the #Eesti name is quite simple and says what it says, and #Russian латунь – prob. from #MLG latōn
#Tallinn #Põhja-Tallinn #Kalamaja
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