Nix

Senso (Inglese)

nix (water demon in human form that lures people into the water and drowns them)

Concetti

Notte

sinonimi

Nöck

Neck

Wassermann

♒

Najade

Nickelmann

Meersmann

Nixe

Traduzioni

nikker

Nix

Nix

Nix

Nix

Nix

Nix

watergeest

nixe

Nix

Νύχτα

neck

triton

Nix

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/nɪks/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da tedesco medio alto: niches

Ereditato da tedesco antico alto: nihhus

Affine inglese antico: nicor

In summary

From Middle High German niches, nickes, from Old High German nihhus, nichus, from Proto-Germanic *nikwus, *nikwis, from Proto-Indo-European *nigʷ-ō-s, from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“wash”). Cognate with Old English nicor.