Lutheri (Luther)
After the nearby Luther’s Furniture and Veneer Factory (A. M. Lutheri vabrik or just Lutheri vabrik) founded by Alexander Martin Luther in 1880, first of a line of innovative plywood furniture manufacturers. Check out the façade at Vana-Lõuna 37. NB: Streets called Lutheri (or similar) come in 3 varieties: 1) this one; and former iterations of 2. Lastekodu (but different Luther); and 3. Wiedemanni F.J. (AML).
Magasini (Magasin)
Storehouse, warehouse, named after the military stores then at the end of the street towards Tehnika, which now seem to be occupied by an Estonian defence agency. The street has gone through various phases. At some time in the 1920s, a government shelter for ex-cons eventually devolved into a dshungl (jungle) of tarpaulin tenements that shocked the city’s good citizens for the squalid life and sexuality of its its thugs and drunken women they certainly didn’t go there to watch. There was a prisoner of war camp after WWII (1944-1949) and, at No.35, a prison, now on Võtme, closed for redevelopment. Spelled Magasiini in 1885 and Magasi in 1939. Renamed (1949-1990) as Tisleri A. during the Soviet occupation.
Naeri (Naeris)
Turnip. Another of a mini edible staples group. See also Oa.
Õilme (Õile)
Flower, blossom. Street originally called Õie, possibly a Virumaa dialect or other form of this. Interestingly, this is one of those rare words that usually only exist in the plural, perhaps representing the figurative blossom. In the singular, it’s also a dated woman’s name, almost extinct by the fifties, and rare in Tallinn anyway, more of a country name, so the two neighbouring streets named after women’s names, Tiiu and Pille, may be due to assuming Õilme was the woman’s name and not the blossom as an irregular singular. The streetname commission likes groups. Anagram of Lõime.