Jumal

Jumal is the name of the Estonian god of the sky who made the earth fertile with summer thunderstorms. The name means “god” via Proto-Finnic *jumala “god”, likely borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian diyumna, a cognate of Sanskrit dyuman (heavenly, shining, radiant, divine), which means it is related to PIE*dyḗws (sky, heaven; god) from which Zeus and Diana also derive from. Jumal has also been…

Linda

Linda is a female given name which originated as a short form of Germanic names containing Germanic element lind, linde meaning “soft, tender” via Proto-Germanic *linþaz (bendsome, flexible; pliable; weak, soft, mild) derived from a PIE root word. I’ve also seen lind, linde associated with the linden tree or, more poetically, “dragon, serpent, snake”. Linda…