Aida (Ait)

Outbuilding, storehouse, granary, after the granaries dating back to the 17th C at least. See, for example, the one converted into the present-day Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design on the corner of Lai, or the Olde Hansa on Vana Turg. Prior to this, known as Speichergasse or ‑straße [Ger.] or Амбарный пер, etc. [Ru.] (warehouse/barn alley), Kleine Klosterstraße (Lesser Convent St) until sometime around the 18th C and at one time simply põiktänav kloostri müüri ääres (± ‘side road running along the cloister walls’, in TT but not KNAB).