Names
Ruunaoja (Ruunaoja)
Gelding’s brook. After name of a former inn and possibly extant brooklet (although it may now be covered over) running into the Vaskjala canal (given its earliest recorded name of Vvaskæl [1241], that an area known for metal-smelting be known as *Vaski-ala [place of copper] seems quite plausible) leading to lake Ülemistejärve.
Rüütli (Rüütel)
Knight, cavalier. Renamed (1950-1987) as Rataskaevu during the Soviet occupation.
Saadu (1] Saad; 2] Saat; 3] Saadu)
1] Cock, haycock, stack, rick, usually man-high and conical, generally temporary; 2] Suite, entourage; 3] Acquisition, something got – kuidas saadud, nõnda läinud: easy come, easy go. Located in a hay-making group, it must be 1, but its Saadu looks more like a partitive, not genitive, which should be sao, cf. Wiedemann’s sād:sāu from (or to?) Baltic-Ger. Sade. Recent addition to the mini hay-and-harvest group. See Sarra.







