nixie

Mane (Îngilîzî)

A female nix, a water-spirit.

Hevwate

undeliverable-as-addressed

mermaid

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nix

water-nymph

Werger

νεράϊδα

νύφη

رسالة بعنوان خاطيء

Wassernixe

watergeest

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ˈnɪksi/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Hevwate bi Old English: nicor

Hevwate bi îngilîzî: nicker

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.