Mähe asum (0)

Apparently from the name of a village which may have been named after mähk:mähe, meaning cambium, and related to terms referring to sap or sapwood, or sap-/sapwood-based produce. Cambium itself is edible and birch sap, fresh from the tree or otherwise, is a popular drink in Estonia, as well as used for medical intent. Cambium can also be added into rye- and malt-bread from which a low-alcohol kvass-type beer can be made. First recorded 1625, and noted on Swedish surveyor Johann Holmberg’s Tallinn map of 1689 as Meheperre, the latter part of the compound an earlier spelling of pere, family, household, farm, the former spelled indifferently as Mähha, Mähhe, Mehe and even Mogle. Also means diaper (US) or nappy (UK) which one suggests might not be a helpful translation in this particular instance.