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Suklema (?)

Former farm name, meaning and derivation unknown. None of the proposals are that convincing (‘Suk-’ from susi [wolf] and ‘-lema’ maybe something geographical or lamb-related)… Street named after a nearby inn of this name recorded as Sutlem (1798, Wiedemann in 1869 gives suklema as Ger. baden [to bathe or swim], fair for an inn), but may be related to the Sutlem manor 35 km S of Tallinn, first recorded 1425 as Suttelemode. This leads to two reflections: 1) MLG suddelære / sutteler became sudeln in mod. Ger., (make a filthy mess of or botch sthg, pfuschen, see also Sossimäe), and implied other grubbing-type terms revolving around the poor-quality or spoiled food attending the predatory camp-followers who ended up becoming sutlers (or victualers), essential players in miliary operations; and -ode with a very big perhaps, from MLG *ōd, from ōddēle, a term involving shared ownership (ȫde > desert, I think not); and 2) far more tenuous, from MLG sǖtlant (south land) or similar, with possible hints of nostalgia for back home in the south. Owned by the von Stackelbergs, one scion of which tacked the manor’s name onto his to become Eduard von Stackelberg-Sutlem. See Valdeku.