Proto-Germanic: *nikwi-z; *nikus, -z
Meaning: water-monster
Old Norse: nük-r, gen. nüks m. `Wasserdämon, Nilpferd'
Norwegian: nükk
Swedish: näck, neck, nick
Danish: nök(ke)
Old English: nicor m. `Wasseruntier, Krokodil'
Middle Dutch: nicker, necker m. `watergeest, kabouter'
Dutch: nikker m.
Middle Low German: necker
Old High German: nihhus (9.Jh.) m., n. `Flussuntier, Wassergeist', nichussa `weibl. Wassergeist, Nixe'
Middle High German: nickes st. n. 'Wassergeist, Nix; Krokodil'
German: Nix m.
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