Tammiku, Lääne-Nigula Parish Explained

Official Name:Tammiku
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Estonia
Subdivision Type1:County
Subdivision Name1:Lääne County
Subdivision Type2:Parish
Subdivision Name2:Lääne-Nigula Parish
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3

Tammiku is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia.[1]

Name

Tammiku appears in written records in 1795 as farm-name modifiers in Tam̄iko Andrus and Tam̄iko Tönnis, referring two men that lived in the village, which was previously known as Nurme (attested as Nurms in 1689). The name Nurme was later replaced by the farm name Tammiku. The name (in the genitive case) comes from the common noun tammik 'oak forest', referring to the local vegetation.[2]

Notes and References

  1. (retrieved 28 July 2021)
  2. Web site: Tammiku . Dictionary of Estonian Place Names . Eesti Keele Instituut . September 12, 2024 . Tallinn.