Street names from Tallinn, Tartu and Pärnu.

by ffride wlffsdotter (Rebecca Lucas)

© 25 April 2020; all rights reserved.

This is a very short list of street names from the modern-day territory of Estonia, recorded in Middle Low German, Latin and Polish. These names are firstly sorted by the town and then by the modern Estonian street name. Where the modern and historical names are significantly different, I have tried to provide a gloss.
I started with the names mentioned in Päll (2009a), and supplemented the list with Päll (2009b) and the Institute of the Estonian Language's placename database. Where alternative forms, or unfamiliar Middle Low German terms were used, I have referred to additional sources. To give a sense of the locations of these streets, I have provided links to OpenStreetMap.

I strongly recommend, if you are interested in a specific place in Estonia, to refer to the Institute of the Estonian Language for further information.


Apteegi tänav (Estonian: 'pharmacy street') OpenStreetMap

Harju tänav (Estonian: 'Harju street') OpenStreetMap Kinga tänav (Estonian: 'shoe street') OpenStreetMap Kullassepa tänav (Estonian: 'goldsmith street') OpenStreetMap Lühike jalg see also Pikk jalg (Estonian: 'small leg') OpenStreetMap Nunne tänav (Estonian: 'nun street') OpenStreetMap Olevimägi (Estonian: 'Olev's hill') OpenStreetMap Pikk jalg see also Lühike jalg (Estonian: 'long leg') OpenStreetMap Pühavaimu tänav (Estonian: 'holy ghost street') OpenStreetMap Raekoja plats (Estonian: 'town-hall square') OpenStreetMap Rataskaevu tänav (Estonian: 'wheel-well street') OpenStreetMap Suur-Karja tänav (Estonian: 'great/big cattle street') OpenStreetMap Viru tänav (Estonian: 'Viru street') OpenStreetMap


Gildi tänav (Estonian: 'guild's street') OpenStreetMap

Jaani tänav (Estonian: (Saint) 'Jaan's street') OpenStreetMap Küütri tänav (Estonianised Middle Low German: 'butcher street') OpenStreetMap Lai tänav (Estonian: 'wide street') OpenStreetMap Munga tänav (Estonian: 'monk's street') OpenStreetMap


Pikk tänav (Estonian: 'long street') OpenStreetMap

Põhja tänav (Estonian: 'north street') OpenStreetMap Pühavaimu tänav (Estonian: 'holy ghost's street') OpenStreetMap