Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

4 months ago

#HieraciumZizianum. While the specific #zizianum is named for #German botanist #JohannBaptisteZiz (1779-1829), it would be interesting to know whether the #zizi was associated or conflated with #süsi, #SouthEstonian for #NorthEstonian #hunt, #wolf, borrowed from #MLG for #dog.
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Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

8 months ago

#Suklema (?)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Männiku
Former farm name, meaning and derivation unknown (the ‘Suk-’ may be related to #süsi [wolf] and the ‘-lema’ may be a variant of #lemma, a word possibly representing a geographical feature in various Est. names, or even of dialectical
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