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A pile of ro ad signs half-trashed and piled up on a building-site, to indicate the site is in construction.

Website under construction, many entries missing, no photos with the streets, layout not finalized...

This started with a book (last few pages under review) and only 486 of the 1855 articles, A to J and part through K, entered so far, so many links going nowhere.

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Photograph of Simon Hamilton in Pikk street, Tallinn.

I've heard that a company that uses its owner's name is more trustworthy because they've put themselves on the line.

This is me, in Tallinn this spring (2025), on a 3-month spree to check details, take photos (about 12K), explore (ave. 15K/day), and so on. I think I covered every streeet in Kesklinn (apart from Mõigu), most of Põhja-Tallinn and some Kristiine.

For information, please contact Simon at this address dot com, thanks!

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The Book

All author earnings of A Rambling Dictionary of Tallinn Street Names to be donated to the foundation or donate here.

If anyone could help or advise as to the legal mechanism, it would be appreciated, thanks!

The Website

Not intended at the beginning, the present website is taking on a life of its own, with plans for relevant discussion forums, picture galleries and, over time, more non-streetname entries.

In theory, it will be funded by advertising relevant to people in Tallinn, to be determined.

A percentage of profits (also to be determined) to be donated to the foundation. 

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Kassikäpa

Kassikäpa (Kassikäpp)

Catsfoot, Cat’s-ear or, as I’m led to believe pussytoes, Antennaria spp., a herbaceous perennial.

Kaskede

Kaskede (Kased [pl.])

Birches, birch-trees. (Sing.: Kask, see previous entry: Kase).

Kase

Kase (Kask)

Birch, birch-tree. Various species: Arukaskede; madal kask, aka marokõiv (see Kõivu) or kassi pässad (“cat’s thumbs” [misnomer for digital pads, the spongy bits?] perhaps), no English name, Betula humilis; vaevakask, dwarf birch, B. nana; and the Sookaskede.

Karuvildiku

Karuvildiku (Karuvildik)

Not quite sure. Lit. “bear-felt boot” (“bearskin boot”?). Felt, vilt:vildi, from MLG vilt, filt, from PIE *hwel or *hwol is cognate with wool (Norw. ull, Ger. Wolle, whence Est. vill:ville) and which, due to the turning/rubbing/rolling/churning movements in making it, raises questions as to its relation to ‘wheel’ via the root *hwl/hl > *kwel- to revolve or move round, thence *kw(e)-kwl-o- wheel and circle – comments welcome. Given its company, fair to assume it could be (intended as?) the name of a moss, although quite a thorough search found no mention of the name. Closest we get is kännuvildik, the aulacomnium or lover’s moss, Aulacomnium androgynum. Street not actually in Tallinn but 300 m away in neighboring Laagri. See also Käolina.

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