Names
Seli (?) 
Named after a nearby farm, although the origin of the name is as obscure as the actual avenue (puiestee) itself which looks more like a footpath that gives up before it gets there. One red herring is the Seli Mõis 45 km south of Tallinn recorded to have belonged to Pirita convent in 1474 (the MLG for German Seele [soul] was sēle which, other than morphing into English ‘silly’, is as tempting as it’s misleading...). Given expressions such as selili for ‘on one’s back’ or selildi for ‘back to back’, placenames like Selimägi aka Seljamäe küla (hillslope village) are clearly related to Selja, and Seli derives from either this or seljandik (range of hills). Soviet occupation renaming (1982-1994) as Jüriöö.
Selja (Selg)
Ridge, also back. Former farm name. To get dressed is panema riided selga (lit. to put clothes on the back). More specifically, however, you put clothes on the particular parts of the body involved: for example panema püksid/kingad jalga is ‘put your trousers/shoes on (your legs/feet)’ (see Sõnajala), panema müts pähe is ‘put your hat on (your head)’, kindad kätte is ‘gloves on (hands)’ and sall kaela is ‘scarf on (neck)’, all inessive forms, but short. Street renaming of western part of Tuleraua.
