A Good Child Has Multiple Names
Piia Sandra Sandrak
May 13, 2020

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Once you arrive at Vestervall 9, you will see the Youth Center that is built for the children and youngsters of Narva. In Estonia, we have a saying *a good child has multiple names' and there are many theories behind the name 'Narva'. Especially intriguing are the theories by the linguists. But one of the relations shown below has never been submitted by the linguists. Which one?

  • Russian 'на-рывъ' (meaning "to rake")

  • Middle High German 'narve' (meaning 'narrow')

  • Vepsa language 'narvāne' (meaning 'threshold')

  • Finnish 'nauru' (meaning 'laugh')

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