nixie

Bedeutung (Englisch)

A female nix, a water-spirit.

Konzepte

Wassernixe

Synonyme

undeliverable-as-addressed

water-nymph

Übersetzungen

νεράϊδα

νύφη

رسالة بعنوان خاطيء

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈnɪksi/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From German Nixe, feminine of Nix, from Middle High German nickes, from Old High German nihhus (“water-elf, crocodile”), from Proto-Germanic *nikwus, *nikwis, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to wash”). Cognate with Old English nicor (“water-elf, hippopotamus, walrus”), English nicker.

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