Names
Mustjõgi (0)
Black river (actual river, not streetname), formerly known as Swarte beke, black beck, which gives the Sub-district Mustjõe its name. Earlier records include Zipe, another alternative of sīpe, sippe, sype, syppe, syeppe, syepe, siepe and zype (to which Eng. ‘seep’ is related), all meaning wet land or lowland, and a reminder of the location’s wetter nature 600-odd years ago.rict its name, see .
Mustjuure (Mustjuur)
Black salsify, lit. black root, Scorzonera hispanica, aka Spanish salsify, viper’s grass, serpent root (Latin name derives from Italian scorzone, snake, itself from Low Latin curtio, viper, due to its (extremely) short, curtus, members), and black oyster plant. Next door to Rõika.
