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Pronksi (Pronks)
Bronze. Renamed (1974-1990), along with Jõe and Liivalaia, as Kingissepa V. during the Soviet occupation. One of a metals street group. See Raua.
Logi (Logi)
Ship’s log. The northernmost or most seaward part of the E67 highway running from Prague to Helsinki, still being paved at present (2025) but just a matter of time.
Lootsi (Loots)
Pilot, in this case, a ship’s pilot. The word probably comes from MLG lōt, loet, lȫde, etc., for ‘lead’ (the metal, now Blei, see Tina) and for the weight or plummet used to test water depth, a word poss. borrowed from Old Eng. ‘lead’. Despite containing part of the same (‑lot), Eng. ‘pilot’ is from French pillote, and ultimately Anc. Gk. πηδον (pedon), rudder, lit. steering oar, with its root, πηδ- (ped‑), suggesting a one-time control by foot. In 2022, a cog dating back to the 1350s was found at No.8, see Koge).
Lüüsi (Lüüs)
Sluice, lock. Word derived from Old Dutch slūsa, meaning gated water barrier, ultimately from a Lat. formulation first recorded in 1139 as exitum aquarum, quem sluse vocant (an outlet for water, which they call a sluse) generating the Belgian placename Sluizen it referred to. In time, the exitum aquarum shifted to exclusa aqua (water separated or isolated [by barrage]) and thence to Old French escluse. Given its naming in 2008 along with Madalmaa and Poldri), its Dutch connection refers to its location in an area that used to be called Uus Holland (New Holland) due to its gradual rise from the sea over the past 200 years and hence its former waterlogged soil and rivers (see Paljassaare). Streets now occupying some of the wasteland north of Tuukri.
