Tammiku, Väike-Maarja Parish

Tammiku is a village in Väike-Maarja Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia. Prior to the 2017 administrative reform of Estonian local governments, the village was part of Rakke Parish.

Name

The village was originally called Suure-Tammiku in contrast to neighboring Väike-Tammiku. It was attested in written records as Tamicas in 1241, as Gross-Tamkas in 1526, and as Сууръ-Таммикъ 1900. The name comes from the common noun tammik 'oak forest', referring to the local vegetation.