Põlendiku (Põlendik)
Burnt woodland, burnt area of a wood. Part of a land-clearing group of streets, see also Sõõru. Incidentally, Põlendikukivi, with a circumference of about 27 m and located apparently at ///grows.lotuses.slid, is the largest erratic boulder on Naissaar, see Rändrahnu.
Printsu (Prints)
Strictly Printsi, Estonianised name of legendary troubadour P. R. Nelson who, legend has it, took this road to meet an anonymous lady (“Jane Doe”) claimed to be “the most beautiful girl in the world” in a nearby park. Lies, all lies…
Räga (Räga)
Brush heap, tangle caused by fallen trees in a forest. Former farm name.
Rangu (Rank?)
Reportedly a name related to haymaking, a stack/stook of stale or musty hay (Nerman & Lõhmus, but word neither found nor conclusive, despite its being named in 2000*. Viires translates rank as ‘trough’ (W. Est. dialect, but provides no genitive) where ranga seems a more common genitive anyway; Forssmann gives rank:ranga as boulder, rock or obstacle; Wiedemann rank:rangi, also trough, or row (of plants), or cross-references rank:ranga to ränk which doesn’t get us very far either, and not a genitive ‑u in sight. At one stage in my sorry past, I found a rank:rangu for ‘ridge or ‘rocky bank’ and a Muhu dialect term for fly, now vanished from the face of the cloud and which we can probably disregard. Plus a Rangu village in Raplamaa, poss. originating from the German name Rank. Unresolved. Mini hay-and-harvest group. See Saadu.
* A possible example of Hamilton’s 4th Law, where very recent naming may borrow terms which might have existed prior to written record if not usage ;o)
